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Ugh, I was working on a DIY smart lock. "I'll use Matter!" I naively thought.
Ok you need a border router for Thread support. No problem, I'll buy one. Should be cheap right since an ESP32 can handle it. Nope! You pretty much can't buy a standalone border router. All the articles are "don't worry, you might have one already if you have a Nest Hub or a Home Hub or...". Well I don't have one.
Pretty lame. I guarantee if they make a vendor neutral border router dongle you can just plug into your router's ethernet port and sell it at cost price (like £5) they'll see triple the uptake.
There's a few cheap dongles about, but they're £20 rather than £5
Even that's ok. I couldn't find anything at all when I looked about a year ago. Only one model that the Thread people were still recommending despite it being discontinued.
I had another look and still couldn't find anything vendor neutral and cheap. Can you post some links?
Sure thing
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzcuC77
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EGRT1iz
https://a.aliexpress.com/_ExHMS21
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EQsBl0t (Requires a manual flashing)
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJ8JNQ5
Any from reputable manufacturers?
Okay?
Yeah.. I made that mistake, and ended up with a $1200 broken battery, and paid the price in lack of support.
Man, you're ungrateful as fuck. You asked for links, I took my time and provided them. If you don't like AliExpress, then fine, you can find alternative retailers, but at least say thank you for the effort.