Supported Hardware
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Motherboards
| Model | ROS version | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ASUS P5B-Deluxe (Intel P965, 3xPCI, 3xPCI-E) | 3.13 | Works fine on Intel Core 2 Duo E6400. Not supported PATA controller. Both integrated Gigabit NIC (Marvell Yukon 88E8056 & 88E8001) works fine but only at 100Mbps. |
| ASUS P5B-V (Intel P965, 3xPCI, 4xPCI-E) | 3.13 | Works fine on Intel Dual Core E2180. Not supported PATA controller. Integrated Gigabit NIC Marvell Yukon 88E8001 works fine but only at 100Mbps. Winbox via MAC = problem, disconnects after 3 seconds. Winbox via IP no problem. |
| ASUS P5KC (Intel P35, 3x PCI, 3xPCI-E) | 3.10 | Not supported PATA controller (JMicron JMB363), ROS can boot from USB flash drive; internal ethernet not recognized. |
| ASUS P5GC-MX/1333 (2x PCI) | 3.7 | Works great for pentium dual-core e2160, hdd pata and sata, 1,5gb ram dual channel mode, except the attansic l2 ethernet onboard card is not recognized. |
| ASUS P5GC (6xPCI) | 2.9.39 | Ethernet recognized but not working |
| Asus A7V133-C | 3.0 beta 7 | Works fine |
| Intel D815EGEW | 2.9.x | Excellent performance under 2.9. Not tested under v3. Onboard Ethernet Works perfectly. |
| Intel DG950 | 2.9.42 | Ethernet not recognized |
| Intel D945GCCRL | 2.9.43 & 3.0 beta 5 | Ethernet & DoM not recognized |
| Intel D945GCPE | 3.0 beta 9 | Work fine including integrated ethernet |
| Intel D945GCNL | 3.11 | Works fine but integrated ethernet (just disable) goes up and down on reboots multi-cpu= yes. shared IRQ for PCI devices, decrease nic performace. |
| Intel D945GNT | 2.9.45 | Works fine |
| Intel DQ965GFEKR (D41676) | 3.7, 3.4 | Works fine on 3.7/3.4 if multi-cpu=no, BUT 3.5-3.7 fail to boot with E4600 processor and multi-cpu=yes |
| Intel D845GVSRL | 3.7, 3.1, 2.9 | Very Stable, used for 4 years |
| Intel D945GZT-M | 3.0rc4 | Works fine |
| Chaintech AADF950 | 3.0 beta 5 | Works fine |
| Abit KT7E | 3.0 beta 7 | Works fine |
| ECS nForce3-A | 3.6 | Work fine including integrated ethernet |
| ECS P4M800PRO-M478 | 2.9.43 | No Apparent Problems, Disabled any unneeded devices in the BIOS |
| Abit BE6 | 2.9.43 | Works |
| Via EPIA-MII12000 | 2.9.42 | Locks up under heavy load across wireless |
| Intel DG965SWH | 3.0 beta 9 | Works fine, but only with SATA not IDE |
| Supermicro 5015M-MR | 2.9.28 | Motherboard is PDSMi w dual core |
| Gigabyte GA-6BXS | 2.9.43 | Works fine |
| GigaByte GA-8I848P-G | 3.6 | Work fine including integrated ethernet |
| Gigabyte GA-8ST667 rev. 3.0 | 3.13 | Works fine; CPU Intel Celeron 2,4GHz; Chipset SiS 645DX; 5xPCI; |
| GigaByte K8-NS-ULTRA | 2.9.x-3.7 | Excelent work, including both onboard ethernet (100 and 1000 lan) |
| Epox 8RDA+ | 3.6 | Work fine including integrated ethernet |
| Chipset P35 (Tested Using Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L & Abit IP35) | 3.7 | Work fine but only with SATA, not IDE (Include DOM), bellow v3.7 problem with SATA too |
| Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 | 3.7 | Installs and and tries to boot. |
| VMware Workstation v6.0.3 | 3.7 | Runs Wicked Fast! I have had up to 8 Ethernet interfaces running simultaneously. |
| Intel DG33FB | 3.7 | Works fine, Ethernet but not working (IRQ 9), set in BIOS Security/XD Tegnology to disable |
| DFI AD73 Pro (Chipset VIA KT266A/VT8233ACD) | 2.9.51 | Works fine. All 5 PCI's ocupied with 1 x LAN and 6 x R52H's (3 in RouterBoard11 and 3 in RouterBoard14!) |
| Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 (rev. 2.0) | 3.10 | Works fine and extreme stable include onboard LAN, IDE DOM can load normally |
Ethernet chipsets
| Model | ROS version | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 3c905B Cyclone 100BaseTX | 2.9.51 | Works! Extremely reliable, doesn't fully support tagged vlans |
| 3cSOHO100-TX [Hurricane] (rev: 48) | 3.14rc1 | Works |
| 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev: 120) | 2.9.51 | Works! Extremely reliable, doesn't fully support tagged vlans |
| 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev: 116) | 2.9.51 | Works! Extremely reliable, doesn't fully support tagged vlans |
| 3c905B-FX Fast Etherlink XL FX 100baseFx [Cyclone] (rev: 0) | 2.9.43 | Works but no link in Winbox and no Graph in Dude !!!! |
| Intel S82557 10/100MBit | 2.9.43 | works |
| Intel PWLA8391GT PRO1000/GT | 3.7, 3.1, 2.9 | Extremely Stable, used for years |
| Intel PWLA8391GTL PRO1000/GT | 3.4 | Extremely Stable, used for years |
| Intel 82575EB & 8257GB | 3.15 | Added support |
| D-Link DFE-528TX rev. E1 | 3.13 | Works |
| D-Link DFE-580TX 4-port | 3.0 beta 5 | Bad card, not recommended. Hangs router |
| D-Link DFE-530/538TX | 2.9.43 | No apparent problems |
| Intel PRO 1000 MT | 2.9.51 | Works |
| Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev: 20) | 3.13 | Works |
| Marvell 88E8056 | 3.6 | reported to be working with some BIOS setting enabled |
| DECchip 21143 (ZYNX ZX410 4-port cPCI) | 2.9.51 | Working |
| Intel 82541GI/PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev: 5) | 2.9.49 | Working |
| Intel PRO/1000 PT ( 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller rev: 6) | 3.13 | Works |
| Realtek Semiconductor/ RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet x4 (rev: 16) | 3.0-3.11 | Working Extremely reliable, used 4 mounts |
| Realtek RTL8111 (10/100/1000Mbit) | 3.10 | Works |
| Realtek RTL8139C+ | 3.14 | Works |
x86 Systems
| Model | ROS version | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Compaq Presario 2282 | 2.9.43 | With 3c905 [Boomerang], no apparent problems |
| Dell GX100 | 2.9.x - 3.7 | Intel onboard, 2 free pci, Intel cpu |
| Dell GX240 | 2.9.x - 3.7 | Intel onboard, 2 free pci, Intel cpu, IDE HDD. |
| Dell GX260 | 2.9.x - 3.7 | Intel onboard, 2 free pci, Intel cpu, IDE HDD. |
| Dell GX270 | 2.9.x - 3.7 | Intel onboard, 2 free pci, Intel cpu. IDE HDD. |
| Dell GX280 | 2.9.x - 3.7 | Intel onboard, 2 free pci, Intel cpu, SATA HDD. |
| PoweRouter 732 | 2.9 and 3.0 | 7 Intel GigE Interfaces, with Dual-Core 3 Gig Intel Processor |
| PowerRouter 2242 | 3.0+ | 4 Xeon Cores, Up to 22 Gigabit Interfaces |
| PowerRouter 2282 | 3.0+ | 8 Xeon Cores, Up to 22 Gigabit Interfaces |
Embedded Controllers
| Model | ROS version | Result |
|---|---|---|
| WRAP.1E-2 | 2.9.51, 3.7 | 3 Ethernet, 1 miniPCI, 128 MB - Working |
| WRAP.2E | 2.9.51, 3.7, 3.9, 3.10 | 1 Ethernet, 2 MiniPCI, 128 MB - Work fine |
| ALIX 2-2 | 2.9.48 | 2 Ethernet, 2 miniPCI - Working |
| Adlink cPCI-6770 Low Power Pentium III | 2.9 and 3.0 | CompactPCI CPU Module - Working, excellent performance! |
| Advantech PCA-6751 | 2.9.49 | Working |
| Soekris 4801-50 | 2.9.48 | 3 Ethernet, 128MB, CF 512MB - Working |
| ALIX 2C0 | 2.9,3.0 | 2 Ethernet, 2 miniPCI ,128Mb 433Mhz Amd Geode- Working Perfect |
| ALIX 2C1 | 2.9,3.0 | 2 Ethernet, 2 miniPCI ,128Mb 433Mhz Amd Geode- Working Perfect |
| ALIX 2C3 | 2.9,3.0 | 2 Ethernet, 2 miniPCI ,256Mb 500Mhz Amd Geode- Working Perfect |
| ALIX 3C1 | 2.9,3.0 | 2 Ethernet, 2 miniPCI ,128Mb 433Mhz Amd Geode- Working Perfect |
| ALIX 3C2 | 2.9,3.0 | 2 Ethernet, 2 miniPCI ,256Mb 500Mhz Amd Geode- Working Perfect |
3G cards
| Model | ROS version | Result |
|---|---|---|
| AirPrime/Sierra PC 5220! | v3 | |
| AnyData ADU E100A
(aka "USB Wireless HSDPA/UMTS 2.1GHz GSM/GPRS/EGPRS 900/17000MHz/CDMA 1x EVDO Rev.A") |
v3.14 | |
| AnyData ADU 500A USB
(aka "USB Wireless HSDPA/UMTS 2.1GHz GSM/GPRS/EGPRS 900/1800MHz/CDMA 1x EVDO Rev.A") |
v3.14 | |
| Audiovox PC5220 CDMA Dual Band 1XEV-DO PC Card | v3 | |
| Huawei E220 USB modem, E200BIS | 3.0rc8 | |
| Huawei Mobile Connect Model E620 (3G); | v3 | |
| Kyocera KPC650 | v3 | |
| Novatel EU740 | v3 | |
| Novatel EU870 | v3 | |
| Novatel EV620 CDMA/EV-DO | v3 | |
| Novatel Merlin ES620 / Merlin ES720 / Ovation U720 | v3 | |
| Novatel Merlin ES620 SM Bus | v3 | |
| Novatel Merlin S720 (HSDPA); | v3 | |
| Novatel Merlin XU870 HSDPA/3G | v3 | |
| Novatel U730 (Wireless HSDPA Modem) | v3 | |
| Novatel Wireless CDMA card | v3 | |
| Option iCON 225 | not supported yet | |
| Option Fusion UMTS Quad-GPRS (Vodafone Globetrotter); | v3.4 | |
| Option Globetrotter HSDPA USB (aka Teltonika ModemUSB/H7.2 U3G150) | v3 | |
| Option Globetrotter GX0201 PCMCIA 3G Card. | not supported yet | |
| Option Model GT 3G+ EMEA, (aka Vodafone Mobile Connect Card) | not supported yet. driver not ready | |
| Sierra Aircard 595 | v3 | |
| Sierra Aircard 595U USB Sprint Card | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 580 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 597E | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 597E | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 875 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 | v3.8 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 E | v3.8 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 | v3.8 | |
| Sierra Wireless AirCard 881 E | v3.8 | |
| Sierra Wireless EM5625 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC5720 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC5720 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC5725 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC8755 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC8755 for Europe | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC8765 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC8775 | v3 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC8780 | v3.8 | |
| Sierra Wireless MC8781 | v3.8 | |
| Sierra Wireless MP3G - EVDO | v3.8 | |
| Sierra Wireless MP3G - UMTS/HSPA | v3.8 | |
| Verizon Express Network PC5220 (AirPrime 5220) | v3 | |
| ZTE AC8700 | v3.6 | |
| ZTE MF620 / MF622 | v3 | |
| ZTE MF620 / MF622 (3G) | v3.6 | |
| T-Mobile (Germany) Web´n´Walk Box Micro (Huawei E220) | v3.x | |
| Vodafone (Germany) Easybox 2 (Huawei E220) | v3.x | |
| O2 (Germany) Surfbox Mini (Huawei E220) | v3.x | |
| E-Plus & Base (Germany) USB Minimodem (Huawei E220) | v3.x | |
| Huawei E600 | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Merlin V640/XV620 | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Merlin V620/S620 | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Merlin EX720/V740/X720 | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Merlin V720/S720/PC720 | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Merlin XU870 HSDPA/3G | v3.15 | |
| Novatel X950D | v3.15 | |
| Novatel ES620/ES720/U720/USB720 | v3.15 | |
| Novatel E725/E726 | v3.15 | |
| Vodafone EU740/Novatel non-Vodafone EU740 | v3.15 | |
| Novatel EU850D/EU860D/EU870D | v3.15 | |
| Novatel MC930D/MC950D | v3.15 | |
| Novatel MC727/U727/USB727 | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Expedite EV620 CDMA/EV-DO | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Expedite EU740 HSDPA/3G, Dell Wireless 5500 Mobile/Dell Wireless 5505 Mobile | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Expedite E720 CDMA/EV-DO | v3.15 | |
| Novatel Expedite ET620 CDMA/EV-DO | v3.15 | |
| Onda H600/ZTE MF330 | v3.15 | |
| BP3-USB & BP3-EXT HSDPA | v3.15 |
Memory cards
| Model | RouterBOARD | Result |
|---|---|---|
| PQI 4GB 120x HiSpeed | RB600 | Doesnt boot |
| 2GB Kingston 133x (Elite Pro, code CF/2GB-S2) | RB600 | Works fine! |
| 4GB Axiz | RB433AH | Works fine out the box |
| 4GB Kingston | RB433AH | Works fine but needing formatting |
| 512GB Kingston | RB433AH | Works fine out the box |
| 1GB Apacer | RB433AH | Works fine |
| 2GB Kingston | RB433AH | Does not work. Not recognized |
Mini PCI/PCI Adapters
| Model | Form factor | Platform | ROS | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfa AWPCI 085 H | MPCI | RB1xx/RB333/RB4xx/x86 | 2.9&3.x | All just perfect |
| TP-Link TL-WN550/551 | PCI | x86 | 2.9&3.x | Perfect 19dB rated, stable at 21 |
| TP-Link TL-WN650/651 | PCI | x86 | 2.9&3.x | Perfect 19dB rated, stable at 21. Unstable with compression activated |
| D-Link AG530 a/b/g (both rev.A1 and A2) | PCI | x86 | 2.9&3.x | Perfect. Works perfect, in both 2.4 and 5.x GHz |
| Senao NL-2511CD EXT2 | PCMCIA | x86&rb230 | only 2.9x tested | Perfect. Just about the most sensitive card i used, in the good sense. Only 11b. |
| SMC SMCWPCIT-G | PCI | x86 | 3.x tested | Perfect on A/B/G. |
| Wistron DCMA-81 | MPCI | x86,rb | 2.9.xx, 3.xx | Perfect on A/B/G with or without compression. |
T1/E1
| Model | Form factor | Platform | ROS | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farsite FarSync TE1 | PCI | x86 | 3.15 | supported |