for those who might be interested-- here a couple images of the devices i configured under openwrt currently I have a few more of each to do…
banana pi R1 and raspberry pi plus a few Orange pi pc plus( not pictured)
the banana Pi R1s are setup as IOT interface and data storage but along with that full firewall and router with network storage (500 gig SSD) . DLNA sever. and IDS ( intrusion detection System). the IOT software is networked shared in a protected folder for easy access and updating all data is stored on the SSD to limit wear and tear on the OS SD
the Raspberry Pi are set up as a IOT interface using the wireless for the IOT devices to connect privately too or using the Raspberry Pi as AP ( AP/Router) and/or two wireless adapters and acting as a wireless extender/bridge in an existing wifi network.
openwrt has a nice wireless info page and other networking info pages
but for general knowledge there a small bug in openwrt when mounting hard drive via the web interface and saving the setting from there - it causes the web interface of openwrt to crash and it becomes unusable you will need to reboot the router then all is good again afterwards… but really loving using this open wrt it made everything oh so much easier to do