Firewall Mini PC Quad Core N100, DDR5 8GB RAM 128GB NVMe SSD, 6 x 2.5GbE i226V LAN Fanless Computer Hardware, Micro Router Appliance, AES-NI, OPNsense, TypeC Port, TF Card Slot

Initially I saw another MAC vendor on the NIC's, and I was seeing some odd behavior with connecting at 2.5 gigs. I found some BIOS settings to tweak to ensure these don't go into a low power mode, and now have a stable connection.the MAC vendor shows Changwang, but the chips inside are by Intel (per FreeBSD) as mentioned in the description.The server is running solid and with a second M2 drive installed, I only see it pulling about 20 watts with a normal load.

Using as a purpose built secure router this unit does what it needs to do.

I have this PC working as my main router running OPNsense 25.1.4. I have the other ports bridged. Don't waste your money on an all in one box with under powered processors and mediocre performance. This little PC runs circles around those all in one boxes. I have no complaints whatsoever.

This is a solid, high performing system with a partial 1u format. Plenty of space left on the rack shelf. The H-Bar is a plug-in board which accommodates a second NVME. There is a small slot underneath for a WiFi card. I’m concerned what having it serve as a WiFi device may raise significant heat issues, requiring a fan.As a fanless system without a power light you would not know it’s there. The entire case is a heat sink, and appears rock solid.The system comes with a base, incomplete install of Windows 11, providing a means of testing the device. Hook it up to the Internet, finish setup and get an activation code.Reformat or unplug the NVME and Windows 11 something else later. Either way you can build what you want.

This has been a bit of a journey, but if your serious about buying one of these, then read this entire write up.First this is a really nice little device for running OPNsense and highly recommend for that purpose. I deducted a star purely because I've never seen a device so sensitive on memory selection. When you first place new memory in, it will have a LONG 1st boot cycle. It is somehow becoming one with whatever you gave it and thus it is very important you just be patient for 2-5 minutes. Also note that just giving it power will likely initiate that 1st boot, don't play with the power button...Given the description, I purchased a good deal 12GB 5600MHZ Crucial memory and that kind of worked... It passed all forms of stress-ng, SMART, and memtest86 tests with flying colors and the heat was perfectly acceptable. HOWEVER, it was freezing (hard reboot required for recovery) after about 1-3 hours of normal operation. I eventually used iperf3 to stress the network ports and it froze the device in less than 2 minutes pretty consistently. After discussing with the seller (Glovary), I explained all of this and was HIGHLY suspect about their reply that my memory was the probable root cause, but they were correct... They sent me a link to the Crucial CT16G48C40S5 (16GB 4800MHZ), I bought one and it has been working flawless ever since... With that said, the description led me to believe the 12GB 5600 SHOULD have worked. So, this is one of the very few devices that I might actually recommend you buy it with the memory from the manufacturer. If you do not, then you should absolutely buy the 8, 16 or 32 GB version of the 4800 Crucial memory. For OPNsense, you can absolutely get away with 8, but if you want to do something more like proxmox, then try the 32, but I have not directly tested that stick or proxmox. I am just throwing those out there because Glovary seemed to imply they had directly tested/verified those 3 sticks.Other Notes:The specified shipping estimate was pretty close. I think it may have been a day longer than the maximum, but the important thing is that it will not be put on a boat, and it will not be held up at customs for 3 weeks. Whatever shipping carrier from China is being used is quite reasonable and streamlined when it hits the states.I was kind of hoping the bios would have an option to RAID-1 the two NVME slots, but it does not and thus am only running one NVME.It doesn't ship with documentation, but they will give you a link to access online PDF documentation after you make a purchase and it is not bad. My only complaint is that it is just a file/folder link so it isn't super clear which one you need.

Very sturdy and original components used, seller celia was very helpful in answering queries and sent a fan as per request ! Delivery to US in 5 days , as per request for faster delivery! Attached all images in the box, added ram and nvme to the barebone for a powerful virtual firewall homelab!Thanks glovary, will definitely purchase again other devices!

I really wanted the 16GB version, but the 8GB version was immediately available, and all I really needed ;)Pre-installed OS isn't very useful for me, but Debian Bookworm installed and runs perfectly.The case gets a little warm, but nothing to be concerned about.

I am running pfSense for my home network/homelab. I have 1G symetric WAN, multiple segregated LANs, and am running Snort, pfBlocker, wireguard and other applications/addons.I have been running for 6 weeks now and this device sits in the closet, quiet, cool, and without a blip.The only hitch I ran into wag trying tho use the pre-installed pfsense. That was fine because I was going to install from media regardless.