Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad blocking

Re:Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad... by Dragas on Monday July 15, 2019 @06:43AM (#20439525)

I wouldn't touch EspressoBin products with a mile long pole if I could. The board is a mess and as undocumented as it can get to the point where even labels on the board don't match what the uboot images is flashed to it. Even when using their suggested images for ubuntu, the board is unstable and cannot run without kernel panicking every 15-30 minutes.

Flashing new uboot image is a mess too. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Why? Who knows. Since boards are often mislabeled, flashing most of the time does brick the board making it useless paperweight that eats 12V5A power supply.

All in all, stay away from it if you can. There are much better SBCs on the market.

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Re:Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad... by ric3rcar on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:11AM (#20439669)

Sure, my experience with custom kernels or the suggested Ubuntu version were totally frustrating as well. I would stay away from these. However, ARMBIAN is stable and the board becomes fully usable.

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Re:Espresso-hole – EspressoBin-based personal router with ad... by BubRoss on Monday July 15, 2019 @11:49PM (#20447328)

Surely this doesn't actually use 60W right?

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