Banana Pi BPI-R4 Review: Unboxing, Setup, 10GbE & WiFi 7 6GHz Tests

In this video, let's take a look at the Banana Pi R4 — a high-performance 10GbE router with Wi-Fi 7 support, capable of up to 36Gbps wireless throughput.
Powered by MediaTek MT7988 (Filogic 880), the R4 features quad-core Cortex-A73 @ 1.8GHz, 4GB DDR4, 8GB eMMC, dual 10G SFP+, 4×GbE, and expansion with M.2 (5G), M.2 NVMe and dual mini-PCIe for Wi-Fi 7.
The board supports OpenWrt, while the stock SDK from Banana Pi provides proprietary drivers for maximum Wi-Fi performance.

Video timeframe:
00:00 - Banana Pi BPI-R4 Feature & Specs Introduction
01:24 - OpenWrt firmware for BPI-R4 (Official & Stock)
01:54 - Unboxing BPI-R4 4GB KIT
02:40 - Teardown & Internal PCB overview
03:44 - Switch for 12V WiFi 7 and DIP BOOT switch
04:10 - Install OpenWrt firmware (stock MTK SDK)
04:37 - Hardware Connection & Boot up
05:20 - LuCI Web-UI Overview
06:09 - Network Port & Network Interface Mapping
07:17 - Throughput Test Pre-Configure
07:51 - WAN to LAN throughput test (iperf3)
08:34 - WAN to LAN throughput test (OpenSpeedTest)
09:27 - WAN to LAN throughput test (Real time graph)
09:47 - Wi-Fi 7 Throughput Test Pre-Configure
10:20 - Wi-Fi 7 Throughput Test on 6GHz (Intel BE200)
11:40 - Wi-Fi 7 Throughput Test on 2.4GHz (Intel BE200)
12:00 - Wi-Fi 7 Throughput Test on 5GHz (Intel BE200)
13:00 - WiFi Throughput Test with Intel AX210
13:47 - BPI-R4 Power Consumption

BPI-R4 Performance Highlights:
- Up to ~9.4Gbps WAN ↔ LAN routing with CPU staying ~99% idle
- Wi-Fi 7 (6GHz) reaching ~3.4Gbps download in OpenSpeedTest
- Power draw around 10–11W even with dual SFP+ connected

Useful Links:
- Official Banana Pi store: https://www.bpi-shop.com/
- BPI-R4 Kit on Amazon store: https://amzn.to/46iQvUr (affiliate)
- BPI-R4 Docs: https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-R4/BananaPi_BPI-R4
- BPI-R4 OpenWrt page: https://openwrt.org/inbox/toh/sinovoip/bananapi_bpi-r4

Thank you Judy from Banana Pi for sending me this device. Thank you everyone for your support.

See you all in the next video.

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