playing with this the last couple hours i cant find a way to get it to assign an ip to a computer connected to the lan port.
I do not think the R1 has dhcp abilities to assign IP addresses to network devices.
I hope someone uses one with a U3 soon, otherwise I am going to have to buy one just to satisfy my own curiosity.
Has anyone started looking into custom firmware for it?
I don't see a guide online. With all of these comments on setup is the guide very good it comes with? Or does it even come with a guide?
I was curious how much they help on initial setup, or if it's more find out on your own.
there is no guide in the box. it has a paper that has english on one side and chinese on the other.
it talks about how you can charge your phone, and how it works with bitcoin mining.. what bitcoin mining is and how you can connect it to your ISP a LAN network or WIFI..
but other then that it says to set it up you connect to the open wifi hotspot it makes when you first turn it on and type r1.bm in the browser.
then you get a ui like all their other miners.. lets you set the IP and change your username. most of the word descriptions is VERY broken english and NONE of the ? have any popups saying what they do.
if this was your first bitmain product you would be LOST and mining for them as their username is set by default.
there is NO default bridge mode.. and relay is not part of their installed package.. and the package installer does not work..
the device comes pre setup as a AP.. meaning you plug it into a current LAN and connect to it with WIFI.. its OPEN but you can password protect it with all of the known protocols.
it has a client mode.. but what i can see from that is its one way client.. meaning you connect to your WIFI network and the device then can mine through the internal and usb miners.. the LAN port in this mode does NOT get internet connection.. oh edit.. also in this mode by default you CANT connect to it anymore with the IP through wifi from your lan.. you have to go into the firewall settings and turn on incoming connections and uncheck the Masquerading and MSS clamping boxes..
the application "RELAY" would need to be installed to send data from the wifi to the lan.. at least thats what i see in the openwrt wiki.
i made it semi work with bridging the lan and the wan, and changing some firewall protocols but its not good enough.