First, let me start of by saying that I am new to electronics. I've wanted to get started on electronics and microcontrollers for quite some time now, and thought that this would be a great project to start with.
What I bascily want to do is make an WiFi access point.
So I was thinking of getting one of these:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Easy-Lin … 05685.html
It's based on the AR9331 (Found the datasheet here:
http://www.openhacks.com/uploadsproduct … asheet.pdf ).
Am I correct to assume that the chip should support up to 5 Ethernet ports, but as the board only has pinouts for 1 Ethernet, I can only add the last 4 by some major (relative to me being new) hacking?
Am I also correct to assume that the Net_TX and Net_RX ports (4) are the ones that needs to be hooked up to an Ethernet slot/shield (What do you call it?) - If so, what more would I need to add an Ethernet interface to the board?
I really hope this is the right place to ask such questions. I really want to get started on electronics and custom OpenWRT boards.