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I am really looking forward to the day, when opnsense/pfsense runs on ARM hardware. Would open it to the world of all these great ARM boards.

• globular-toast 5y ago
  I'm all for having more choice, but you can get complete Intel Atom systems with Intel NICs, case, power supply, passive cooling etc. for not much more than this board.
  • vladvasiliu 5y ago
    With multiple NICs? Do you have a link? I've been looking around for such a thing for a while now, but the ones I see tend to be quite expensive (~500 €), and it's not always clear they have Intel NICs). In my case, the best compromise I've found, is to accept having a bigger a computer and recycle some older EliteDesk / OptiPlex or similar, which usually are very quiet and can take PCIe network cards. The thinner ones use low-profile cards, which can accommodate 4 ports.
    • globular-toast 5y ago
      Look for Eglobal or Qotom on AliExpress. You can get these rebranded in the US on Amazon (I forget the name) with a warranty but at significant markup. Looking now it seems there are not so many Atom systems available, they are mostly Celerons and Core i3/i5 systems (which might be better, depending on what you want). Here's an example Atom system from another seller: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002902302326.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002902302326.html
      • orthoxerox 5y ago
        Qotoms are nice, but they would be even nicer with WiFi 6 instead of COM or VGA ports.
    • Phrenzy 5y ago
      I'm running PFsense on one of these: https://www.pcengines.ch/index.htm https://www.pcengines.ch/index.htm I'm happy with it.