OpenWRT - NanoPi R5S Overview & Initial Setup

The NanoPi R5S is the successor of the NanoPi R4S. It is powered by the Rockchip RK3568B2 SoC with 4 cores and the clock can go up to 2GHz. The R5S has 2 models with 2GB and 4GB of LPDDR4x RAM. Regardless of the model, you will have 8GB onboard eMMC storage to install the OS. What makes this router stand out is the 2 x 2.5G network ports (PCIe) and the M.2 NVME slot. While the R4S which can only be used in headless mode, the R5S is now having a HDMI port for video output. Besides, you will have two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports to connect external devices. The USB type C port had been upgraded to supports PD, 5V/9V/12V input. The router is shipped with FriendlyWRT pre-installed. It is running OpenWRT version 22.03 RC2 and having kernel version 5.10.66 As I tested, Software Offloading had been enabled by default and it is causing problems with throughput & SQM. You may need to take a look at it or maybe update the firmware to a newer version and see if the problem is fixed. Video timeframe: 00:00 - NanoPi R5S Overview & Features Highlight 01:13 - Metallic CNC Casing for NanoPi R5S 01:28 - NanoPi R5S I/O & Connector Overview 02:57 - Opening the R5S Case to access the M.2 NVME Slot 03:43 - NanoPi R5S PCB - Chipset & Interfaces 04:47 - Connect Ethernet cables & Power on the R5S 05:00 - Login to R5S LuCI Web Interface 06:04 - Setup Internet - PPPoE with VLAN 07:15 - Login to the R5S via SSH 07:55 - Fixing opkg update / Packages Update failed 08:45 - Speedtest with Software Offloading...