Hello,
I am new to this forum and have a question to the Sonicwall TZ300 which i currently have (not actively running, just got it for free).
Is it possible to get OPNsense running on it?
Modelnumber would be:APL28-0B4
Thanks in advance :)
It would probably be a challenge. I can't find a hardware spec offhand, but 2 or 4 cores at 400, 800, or 1000MHz sounds like an embedded device, most likely ARM32. Ethernet is likely provided by a switch chip. Neither device type is well supported by FreeBSD (or any other general-application OS).
Sounds like it wouldn't be worth trying to make something out of it... well at least i asked. But if there would be something to test out in the future then i would like to try it out. I got it for free so i don't really care if it would get bricked or something :)
Searching the internet for "Sonicwall TZ300 cpu specs" returns https://www.reddit.com/r/sonicwall/comments/m6aemk/ram_and_cpu_specs_of_tz_models/.
It lists a few Sonicwall models, the TZ300 is one of them but there seem to be multiple generation.
QuoteTZ 300 1GB Ram 1.6GHz (2x 800MHz Mips64 Octeon Processor)
If correct, Mips64 would be a show stopper in any case.
Addition: In an TZ300 unboxing video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ath1kafIRVM) at 9:25 it shows in the GUI 2x 800Hz Mips64 Octeon Processor under Dashboard / Multi-Core Monitor. You can verify it yourself if the SonicOS is still on your device.
Quote from: patient0 on August 09, 2026, 07:21:33 AMIf correct, Mips64 would be a show stopper in any case.
If there is one mistake I will never make again then it has to be buying hardware that (almost) completely depends on Offloading Chips and usually MIPS based stuff does exactly that! :(