[chbot] Ethernet to Wireless bridge client, Low power consumption, low cost.

Henri Shustak henri.shustak at gmail.com
Mon Aug 24 08:51:11 BST 2020


Hello,

Just to clarify are you looking to make a wireless link which has an ethernet port on each end? So to extend your wired network over a wireless link (POE)? If you are I have some solutions that work great for this kind of project. If I have misunderstood, then sorry. 


> On 19/08/2020, at 9:57 AM, Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Spencer.
> 
> Quite close, and has other uses.
> 
> Shame manufacturers don't have parametric search on product power voltage, and enclosure volume :)
> 
> Home you are well,
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 19/08/2020 9:41 AM, Spencer Travers wrote:
>> You could look at the TP-Link TL-MR3020. $49 at PB Tech. With 8 MB flash and 64 MB RAM it will run the latest OpenWrt Linux distribution.
>> No external SMA connector but maybe one could be added?
>> Dimensions are 74 x 67 x22 mm.
>> Spencer
>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 9:28 AM Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz <mailto:markaren1 at xtra.co.nz>> wrote:
>>    I need a small product (less than 50mm cube, or similar volume) with
>>    2.4GHz RP-SMA antenna one end, RJ45 the other, a USB socket to power
>>    the
>>    unit off of 5V, and costs less than NZ$30 (new or used).
>>    Not fussed about speed, this will be part of a telnet interface. Needs
>>    to be able to be configured as a wireless-bridge.
>>    Preferably readily available in NZ, and a commercial product (not a PCB
>>    assembly).
>>    Happy to re-flash a commercial product with open-source firmware as
>>    required. Have previously used a Dlink DIR-300 loaded with Gargoyle,
>>    but
>>    would really prefer to move to a lower-power, smaller solution.
>>    Thoughts appreciated.
>>    -Mark
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