WallysTech Router Board | OpenWRT, and FAST WiFi

[@laszlo.jozsef]

It wasn't hard to notice that only the Wi-Fi interfaces on the board were alive, and the card plugged into the Mini-PCIe slot is not detected. According to the datasheet on the manufacturer's website, the card was plugged into the wrong slot, the slot you have selected is dedicated to LTE modems, the second slot would be for an additional Wi-Fi device. The documentation says there are 2 SIM slots and a microSD slot on the panel. (It also was not clear after you counted them.)

[@TechnicallyUnsure]

Thanks for the clarification, yes, you are right, the benchmark and setup you see in the video is with the onboard Wifi module, not the card. Noticed it too late, later we did a live session with the vendor and they helped explain things, but I was already done with recording the video.

[@wallystech1412]

Thanks for the shoutout on the DR40X9! It’s awesome to see it getting attention! With OpenWRT 23.05 support, LTE and Wi-Fi card slots, and quad-band power, it's a fantastic choice! Can't wait to hear more feedback!

[@Stony5438]

Their website is difficult to view on phone. Damn contact us overlay floating right in the middle of the page. Still, interesting products.

[@CatalystReaction]

DR5332/DR8072 looked more interesting, still this is a nice little travel router

[@Phil-D83]

A 6ghz 320mhz wifi 7 openwrt capable system would be interesting

[@xgeko2]

I didn't see any pricing for this do you know by chance how much these run??

[@UNITYMusics]

80-90$

[@TechnicallyUnsure]

DR4019 (the main board with SFP port) is $85 and DR7915 (the wifi module) is $25

[@erayrafet5571]

You are running an extremely outdated version of OpenWRT.

[@TechnicallyUnsure]

That's the vendor provided image

[@erayrafet5571]

@@TechnicallyUnsure I see official owrt images available too.

[@laszlo.jozsef]

​@@TechnicallyUnsure the link on the manufacturer's website leads to the OpenWrt snapshot image directory, I just checked it because I was surprised by the old version you tested.

[@efimovv]

Sad story with all those great router board from China, they ship OpenWRT 15, soon it will be 10 years old OS.Sometimes you have community support for new OpenWRT but usually like with this board there are some barebones in wiki, barely working image and that's all. I got few boards from Aliexpress that way: really good hardware but stable working OS come from community ~3 years later only because this is kind of popular device which bunch of companies sell under own brand. Honestly, this is like you review x86 PC with Windows XP support only. It can work really great with Win XP but who care today? For Industrial it is OK: build one time some black box, deploy in the field and forget about it. But for cunsumer electronics this just not work.