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Old Aug 7, 2018, 9:45 pm
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chx1975
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: YVR
Programs: Aeroplan, AAdvantage
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I would say the WRH-583BK2-S pretty much looks like the Holy Grail to me? And it's available on eBay but also the white model is 35 USD (? for real?) via ZenMarket? https://zenmarket.jp/amazonproduct.aspx?itemCode=B0725RD51D&variationIt emCode=B00ZFLKCCK I am insanely tempted to go via ZenMarket because I could throw in a few of those cables freecia shown before (I am looking at this Moenegallet replacement or this one, this extension cord, this power strip -- swinging plugs for the win)


Only disadvantage is it's not OpenWRT compatible https://forum.openwrt.org/t/solved-s...881a-m/11876/3

SoC & 5G - PHY: RTL 8881AM,
2.4G - PHY: RTL 8188ER,
RAM: ESMT M14D 5121632 (64MiB),
NOR: MXIC 25L64 (8MiB)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Crq6x3PUEAA58NW.jpg info from http://twisave.com/ysks/2016/9/p:5 The presence of a heatsink makes me cautiously optimistic about stability and maybe those other little metal pieces are antennas?

I checked two other Japanese routers (WRH-733GBK, WN-AC583TRK) but they aren't much smaller than the OpenWRT running GL-AR750 so those are not really interesting. This thing here is third the size (65*35*20.5 mm) of the GL-AR750 (88*68*24mm). To compare better, the BR-6258n was 51 * 42 * 17 so it's only 28% bigger by volume than the smallest dual RJ45 router I know of and it only takes 6.2% more desk space -- practically the same. The 17 vs 24mm thickness will matter less -- it's still thin enough to pack easily.

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