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Title: Intel NUC models
Post by: guest15512 on April 23, 2017, 09:17:02 am

Hi all,

 Are there any Intel NUC model well supported by OpnSense 17.1.x releases? I am searching for a good mini-pc to use as fw for my home network, but I would like some device well supported to use with Ubiquity's 5 GHZ models like UniFi AC LR AP or UniFi AC Pro AP.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Intel NUC models
Post by: the-mk on April 23, 2017, 10:27:04 am

OPNsense will probably run very well on Intel NUCs (in terms of CPU power), but you'll have to add a second (USB-) network adapter to have WAN and LAN network (since you also have Ubiquity APs)...
What is the speed of your WAN network?

If it is not too much, you could go for an Zotac ZBOX CI323 which has two network interfaces. But since the are "only" Realtek chips I would not use them for more than 100MBit/s connection to the internet. I run one myself on a 50/7 MBit/s connection - working very well after development was able to iron out some issues with the network driver on OPNsense!

How do you plan to support the Ubiquity APs you already have? At least I have not found a possibility to run the UniFi Software/Server on OPNsense - I run that server on a Raspberry-Pi or Banana-Pi - not the fastest, but it's just for configuration and reading the statistics.

Title: Re: Intel NUC models
Post by: guest15512 on April 23, 2017, 11:20:23 am

Thanks th-mk.

My idea is to use Ubiquity Unifi device to act as a real HostAP and disable wifi on my home router. I need at least 300Mbps throughput in 2.4 Ghz and 5GHz bands in wifi connection.

 In theory, I don't need more than 2 interfaces: one ethernet and one wifi. Intel NUC ethernet will be connected to my home router. And I would like to use Intel NUC wifi adapter to connect to Ubiquity device. Doing this I can control all Internet traffic with OPNSense.

 I am seeing this Intel NUC model: https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-nuc6cays.html.

Title: Re: Intel NUC models
Post by: guest15512 on April 23, 2017, 11:24:21 am

And another option is to use one of the USB 3.0 ports on Intel NUC to connect Ubiquity device:

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Adapter/dp/B0095EFXMC?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0