--- title: $26 Banana Pi BPI-RT2 WiFi 6 router board features... description: Banana Pi has launched the BPI-RT2, a router board built around a Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC. It has 256MB DDR3 RAM, 128MB SPI-NAND flash, four... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/26-banana-pi-bpi-rt2-wifi-6-router-board-features-realtek-rtl8198d-dual-core-mips-soc-oebnzgkhz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: $26 Banana Pi BPI-RT2 WiFi 6 router board features Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC | daily.dev og:description: Banana Pi has launched the BPI-RT2, a router board built around a Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC. It has 256MB DDR3 RAM, 128MB SPI-NAND flash, four... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/26-banana-pi-bpi-rt2-wifi-6-router-board-features-realtek-rtl8198d-dual-core-mips-soc-oebnzgkhz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OEbnZGKhZ.png og:image:alt: $26 Banana Pi BPI-RT2 WiFi 6 router board features Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # $26 Banana Pi BPI-RT2 WiFi 6 router board features Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC **[CNX Software](https://daily.dev/sources/cnx-software)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Banana Pi has launched the BPI-RT2, a router board built around a Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC. It has 256MB DDR3 RAM, 128MB SPI-NAND flash, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, and a USB 3.0 port. It supports dual-band WiFi 6 with 2x2 MIMO on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. The board ships with an OpenWrt 22.03-based firmware built on Banana Pi's Realtek BSP rather than upstream OpenWrt, and that branch reached end-of-life in July 2024. It measures 97 x 65mm and costs $25.20 on AliExpress or $26 from the official Banana Pi store. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What chip powers the Banana Pi BPI-RT2 router board and how much RAM does it have? The Banana Pi BPI-RT2 uses a Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS interAptiv SoC paired with 256MB of DDR3 RAM and 128MB of SPI-NAND flash storage. It includes four Gigabit Ethernet ports (one WAN, three LAN), a USB 3.0 port, and dual-band WiFi 6 with 2x2 MIMO on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. _Track new router SoC releases like this one as you weigh options for a DIY networking build on daily.dev._ ### Does the Banana Pi BPI-RT2 run official upstream OpenWrt? No, it ships with an OpenWrt 22.03-based firmware image built on Banana Pi's own Realtek BSP rather than an official upstream OpenWrt release. The source code is available on GitHub. Notably, the underlying OpenWrt 22.03 branch itself reached end-of-life back in July 2024, so it no longer receives upstream security updates. _Developers evaluating router firmware support windows can follow OpenWrt branch updates on daily.dev._ ### How much does the Banana Pi BPI-RT2 router board cost? It costs $25.20 on AliExpress plus shipping, or $26 through the official Banana Pi store. The board measures 97 x 65mm, weighs 250 grams, and is powered via a 12V DC barrel jack, aimed at home networking, wireless access points, and small business router use cases. _Compare budget router boards like this one before your next homelab or networking purchase on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A tiny dual GbE Rockchip RK3528A wireless SBC and router with a USB-C console port](https://daily.dev/posts/a-tiny-dual-gbe-rockchip-rk3528a-wireless-sbc-and-router-with-a-usb-c-console-port-lhoclrodp) · CNX Software · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Revisiting Making Your Own Internet Router In 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/revisiting-making-your-own-internet-router-in-2026-vxzjrpv0i) · Hackaday · 2 upvotes · 1 comments - [A Renesas RZ/V2N-based SoM and carrier board for Vision AI applications](https://daily.dev/posts/a-renesas-rz-v2n-based-som-and-carrier-board-for-vision-ai-applications-9ofna9cii) · CNX Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [You can now buy the ESP32-S31 development board, and it's pretty cheap](https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-now-buy-the-esp32-s31-development-board-and-it-s-pretty-cheap-khnshyuty) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/26-banana-pi-bpi-rt2-wifi-6-router-board-features-realtek-rtl8198d-dual-core-mips-soc-oebnzgkhz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"$26 Banana Pi BPI-RT2 WiFi 6 router board features Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/26-banana-pi-bpi-rt2-wifi-6-router-board-features-realtek-rtl8198d-dual-core-mips-soc-oebnzgkhz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/26-banana-pi-bpi-rt2-wifi-6-router-board-features-realtek-rtl8198d-dual-core-mips-soc-oebnzgkhz"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T01:07:32.595Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T01:08:01.763Z","description":"Banana Pi has launched the BPI-RT2, a router board built around a Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC. 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