Banana Pi BPI R4 (Wi-Fi 7)

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abgn+ac+ax+be (BE19000)
Banana Pi BPI-R4 SBC/Router
Banana Pi BPI R4.jpg
Homepage Product page
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru Banana Pi BPI R4 (WiFi 7)
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Banana Pi BPI R4 (WiFi 7)
FCC ID none specified
Type single-board computer, wireless router
CPU1 checkY MediaTek MT7988AV
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex-A73
CPU1 Speed 1.8 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip Samsung KLM8G1GETF-B041
Flash1 Size 8 GiB 8,192 MiB <br />8,589,934,592 B <br />67,108,864 Kib <br />8,388,608 KiB <br />65,536 Mib <br /> (eMMC)
Flash2 Chip Winbond W25N01GVZE1G
Flash2 Size 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (SPI NAND)
RAM1 Size 4 GiB 4,096 MiB <br />4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br /> (DDR4)
RAM1 Chip Samsung K4AAG165WA-BCWE x 2
ETH chip1 MediaTek MT7988AV
Switch MediaTek MT7988AV
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-WAN
3-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Stock FW OS Bananian
Expansion IF types Mini PCIe, M.2, USB 3.2, SFP+, MicroSD Card slot, NanoSIM Card slots
SIM Card slot 1
Mini PCIe slots 1
USB ports 1
SD/MMC Slots 1
SFP ports 2
M.2 Slots 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 5.2 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 4-pin header

Flags:
MicroSD Card slot, NanoSIM Card slots, SFP+ (10G), GPIO

Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM SinoVoIP
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
(Est.) release date June 2023
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Radio1 module Banana Pi BPI-R4-NIC-iPA-BE19
Radio1 module IF Mini PCIe
Chip1 MediaTek MT7996AV
Chip2 MediaTek MT7975N
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax/be
802.11be up to 1376 Mbps
802.11ax up to 1148 Mbps
802.11n up to 600 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Radio2 module Banana Pi BPI-R4-NIC-iPA-BE19
Radio2 module IF Mini PCIe
Chip1 MediaTek MT7996AV
Chip2 MediaTek MT7977BN
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax/be
802.11be up to 5765 Mbps
802.11ax up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ac up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n up to 600 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
Radio 3
Radio3 module Banana Pi BPI-R4-NIC-iPA-BE19
Radio3 module IF Mini PCIe
Chip1 MediaTek MT7996AV
Chip2 MediaTek MT7977AN
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 4x5:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax/be
802.11be up to 11530 Mbps
802.11ax up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ac up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n up to 600 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 6 GHz
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Banana Pi BPI R4 (2.5GE)MediaTekMediaTekMediaTek
Banana Pi BPI R4 (4GB)MediaTek
Banana Pi BPI R4 (8GB)MediaTek
Banana Pi BPI R4 (PoE)MediaTek
Banana Pi BPI R4 (Wi-Fi 6)MediaTekMediaTekMediaTek
Banana Pi BPI R4 (Wi-Fi 7)MediaTekMediaTekMediaTek
Banana Pi BPI R4 LiteMediaTek

For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

For a list of all currently documented Banana Pi devices with specifications, see Banana Pi.

1376 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11be (40MHz chan., 1024-QAM),
5765 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11be (160MHz chan., 4K-QAM),
11530 Mbps - 4SS 6GHz 802.11be (320MHz chan., 4K-QAM) = BE19000 class

Overview

Specifications

Banana Pi RPI R4 board
Quad-Core ARM (Cortex-A73) @1.8GHz
  • System Memory: 4GB (DDR4) RAM
  • Storage: 8GB (eMMC), 128MB (SPI NAND) Flash,
MicroSD Card slot, M.2 2280 (Key M) for NVMe SSD
  • Networking: 4x GbE (RJ45) ports (1x WAN, 3x LAN)
2x 10GbE SFP cages (1x 10GbE SFP, 1x 2.5GbE PHY)
  • WLAN: 802.11abgn/ac/ax/be 2.4/5/6GHz (PCIe 3.0)
MT7996AV (4T4R)/MT7975N (2.4GHz)/MT7977BN (5GHz)/MT7977AN (6GHz)
MT7995AV (2T2R/3T3R)/MT7976CN (2.4/5GHz)/MT7977IAN (6GHz) • BE14000
  • USB: 1x USB 3.2 (Host) port
  • Expansion: M.2 (Key-B) slot w/ USB 3.2 interface
for 5G or 4G LTE connectivity + 3x nanoSIM slots
M.2 (Key-M) slot w/ 1-lane PCIe 3.0 for NVMe SSD
2x Mini PCIe slots w/ 2-lane PCIe 3.0 for Wi-Fi 7 NIC
26-pin GPIO header for expansion
  • Power Supply: 12V/5.2A or 19V/3.2A via DC jack
20V DC input via header, 5V/12V output header
Optional PoE module (RT5400) • Banana Pi BPI R4 (PoE)

Links of Interest

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: mediatek
OpenWrt Subtarget: filogic
OpenWrt Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 24.10.3

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Pictures

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See also

Models

Banana Pi Banana Pi on Wikipedia
List of SBCsAllwinnerMediaTekRockchipAmlogic
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Banana Pi BPI F2P (2020) • Sunplus SP7021
Banana Pi BPI F2S (2019) • Sunplus SP7021
Banana Pi BPI M1+ (2015) • Allwinner A20
Banana Pi BPI M1S (2024) • Rockchip RK3528
Banana Pi BPI M2+ (2016) • Allwinner H3
Banana Pi BPI M2 Berry (2016) • Allwinner V40
Banana Pi BPI M2 Magic (2017) • Allwinner A33/R16
Banana Pi BPI M2 Pro (2021) • Amlogic S905X3
Banana Pi BPI M2S (2022) • Amlogic S922X/A311D
Banana Pi BPI M2 Ultra (2016) • Allwinner R40
Banana Pi BPI M2 Zero (2017) • Allwinner H2+
Banana Pi BPI M4 2G (2020) • Realtek RTD1395
Banana Pi BPI M4 Berry (2023) • Allwinner H618
Banana Pi BPI M4 Zero (2023) • Allwinner H618
Banana Pi BPI P2 Maker (2019) • Allwinner H2+
Banana Pi BPI P2 Pro (2023) • Rockchip RK3308
Banana Pi BPI R2 Pro (2022) • Rockchip RK3568
Banana Pi BPI R3 Mini (2023) • MediaTek MT7986A
Banana Pi BPI R4 (WiFi 7) (2023) • MediaTek MT7988A
Banana Pi BPI R4 Lite (2025) • MediaTek MT7987A
Banana Pi BPI R4 Pro (2025) • MediaTek MT7988A
Wi-Fi: MT7996AV (4T4R)/MT7975N (2.4GHz)/MT7977BN (5GHz)/MT7977AN (6GHz)
Wi-Fi: MT7995AV (2T2R/3T3R)/MT7976CN (2.4/5GHz)/MT7977IAN (6GHz)
Wi-Fi: MT7996AV/MT7976GN/MT7977BN/MT7977AN