Igor_K Posted May 17, 2018 Posted May 17, 2018 Hi there, I'm looking for a replacement for my NanoPi NEO (512M) fleet. I'm open to your suggestions. Things I do **not** like about NanoPi: * Unreliable Ethernet. A network interface is flipping all the time Up/Down. * 512 MB is not enough for a tor relay * Hardware watchdog does not work reliably. It works in synthetic tests but sometimes a board just freezes. Things I like about NanoPi: * Armbian support * Price * Size/form factor * Performance * Heat dissipation * Ethernet tap My use cases: * Tor router * Home DNS server * Monitoring server Prometheus for my SBCs and network equipment.
guidol Posted May 17, 2018 Posted May 17, 2018 55 minutes ago, Igor_K said: I'm looking for a replacement for my NanoPi NEO (512M) fleet. I'm open to your suggestions. Things I do **not** like about NanoPi: * Unreliable Ethernet. A network interface is flipping all the time Up/Down. * 512 MB is not enough for a tor relay * Hardware watchdog does not work reliably. It works in synthetic tests but sometimes a board just freezes. Things I like about NanoPi: * Armbian support * Price * Size/form factor * Performance * Heat dissipation * Ethernet tap The follwoing NanoPis are also available with 1GB of Ram (at a additional cost) - the "new" NanoPi Neo2 LTS - the NanoPi Neo Core2 LTS - the NanoPi Neo Plus2 and - the NanoPi M1+ For the ethernetport check how and with which tools it is configured and try another way nmtui <==> /etc/network/interfaces. On a NanoPi Neo I got problem with the NetworkManager/nmtui (but do work on the around other types of SBCs) NanoPis are good supported in armbian. Unstable for me and ethernet - so not a good replacement - is the Orange Pi Zero Plus H5 (maybe a heat issue) Orange Pi PC and PC2 are running stable - but didnt get mostly the newest kernels. Orrange PI One & Zero also have only 512MB of Ram like the NanoPi Duo
Igor_K Posted May 17, 2018 Author Posted May 17, 2018 Yes NanoPi NEO2-LTS looks like a very good candidate. NanoPi Neo Plus2 is also good however wifi/bt are useless for me. Is emmc supported by armbian? NanoPi NEO Core2-LTS has no ethernet, I've got some variants deployed in my lab. All have ethernet issues 1) dns01: 4.14.18-sunxi, Armbian, NetworkManager is installed 2) dns02: 4.14.0 #1, FriendlyElec Ubuntu 16.04 3) monitor: 4.14.18-sunxi, Armbian ❯ ansible all -b -m shell -a 'journalctl | grep -Ec "Link is (Down|Up)"' nanotor | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 55 dns01 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 2028 monitor | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 18 dns02 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 159
guidol Posted May 17, 2018 Posted May 17, 2018 10 minutes ago, Igor_K said: NanoPi Neo Plus2 is also good however wifi/bt are useless for me. Is emmc supported by armbian? NanoPi NEO Core2-LTS has no ethernet, emmc is supported in armbian (Iam booting my Core from emmc) and in the beginning the Core2 did (does?) use the Plus image. BTW: you will get ethernet for the Core2 with the Core2 Starter Kit (and wont cost much more then the Core2 alone): http://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=214 But you cant close the case with the original heat-sink attached
Igor_K Posted May 17, 2018 Author Posted May 17, 2018 That is great. NanoPi NEO2 1Gb ($37) and NanoPi NEO Plus2 ($57) are in my list. But I'm afraid they would have the same ethernet issue. 6 minutes ago, guidol said: emmc is supported in armbian (Iam booting my Core from emmc) and in the beginning the Core2 did (does?) use the Plus image. BTW: you will get ethernet for the Core2 with the Core2 Starter Kit (and wont cost much more then the Core2 alone): http://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=214 6
guidol Posted May 17, 2018 Posted May 17, 2018 39 minutes ago, Igor_K said: That is great. NanoPi NEO2 1Gb ($37) and NanoPi NEO Plus2 ($57) are in my list. But I'm afraid they would have the same ethernet issue. Hmm - I hadnt with these no ethernet problems, but you could test the Orange Pi PC2 with 1GB for $30:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orange-Pi-PC-2-H5-Quad-core-64bit-Support-Ubuntu-Linux-And-Android-Mini-PC/352355200303 but you have to check for the kernel
Igor_K Posted May 17, 2018 Author Posted May 17, 2018 Thank you. It is a good option and it is about $20 on aliexpress 54 minutes ago, guidol said: Hmm - I hadnt with these no ethernet problems, but you could test the Orange Pi PC2 with 1GB for $30:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orange-Pi-PC-2-H5-Quad-core-64bit-Support-Ubuntu-Linux-And-Android-Mini-PC/352355200303 but you have to check for the kernel 1
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