There is also an io board for the compute module that offers a PCIe slot which might could be used for a real NIC... On 17 March 2021 03:57:24 CET, Jonathan Morton wrote: >> On 17 Mar, 2021, at 3:01 am, David Lang wrote: >> >> This is using the compute module, that does not have any on-board >ports > >Actually, the CM4 brings the on-board GigE interface out to the >connector pins via a suitable PHY. All that is needed is a magjack on >the carrier. What this particular carrier does is to provide a *twin* >magjack, wire the appropriate CM4 pins to half of it, and wire the >other half to a LAN7800 USB-to-GigE adapter. The latter is then wired >up to the CM4 via a 4-port USB hub chip, so there are also three USB >ports (one on a header, two as physical ports). > >All but the cheapest of the CM4 models also include a single-channel, >dual-band wifi/BT chip. This requires only an antenna to make it an >austere but probably usable AP. For better performance, a >multi-channel wifi adapter could be plugged into the USB header, and >the cheapest CM4 "Lite" would probably then be sufficient. > > - Jonathan Morton >_______________________________________________ >Cerowrt-devel mailing list >Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net >https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.