Igor_K Posted May 17, 2018 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guidol Posted May 17, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor_K Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guidol Posted May 17, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor_K Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guidol Posted May 17, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor_K Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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