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Nikhil Komalan
Nikhil Komalan

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OpenThread Border Router setup on RPi Zero W

I am currently building a cost efficient Open Thread network. In my setup i have few Full thread devices and Minimal Thread Device which will be sending data to cloud via Border Router. I have currently setup a RCP design Open Thread Border Router on RPi 3B+ by following the open thread docs and its working fine.

Doc Link: Open Thread Border Router Build and Configuration

Now as i want my final product to be as cost efficient as it can be, i would like to consider using RPi Zero W for setting up my Open Thread Border Router. So i was following the same steps mentioned in OTBR doc to setup it on RPi Zero W, i came across this line in Step 3 which states " Before you continue, make sure your configured hardware platform is connected to the internet using Ethernet. The bootstrap script disables the platform's WiFi interface and the setup script requires internet connectivity to download and install several packages. "

But my RPi Zero W only have WiFi interface. So i wanted to know, is it even possible to run OTBR setup on RPi Zero W ?

I have also read in docs that "Open Thread Border Router (OTBR) provides support for the Raspberry Pi 3B or newer (RPi) platform". But have anyone tried the same setup on RPi Zero W and was successful ? Because in the end as i said, i would like my final product to be as cost effective as possible.

Also find the attachment of the error i am facing: enter image description here

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Answers (1)

jhui
jhui

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If you are not setting NETWORK_MANAGER=1 when running ./script/setup, I think it would work with just the Wi-Fi interface.

You can try running the following setup command:

INFRA_IF_NAME=wlan0 ./script/setup

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