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Thank you @GregE! Are you guys running the Opnsense on Proxmox VE or bare metal?

 

Thank you @bimbar & @meyergru for your confirmation! Is there a specific steps I need to follow to configure this with i226 or nothing specific?

Please share any step-by-step document/tutorial, if you could for me to follow.

Thank you!

Cheers,
NickOps

Hi All,

I'm looking into building a small setup for my home and planning to run OpnSense for Security and not quite sure which HW to select.

I could find one mini PC matching most of the requirements for running OpnSense but seems like the only problem with this set of HW is Intel i226. It's running Intel 12th Gen N100, with 4 x 2.5G ports and Intel i226 LAN port. I see a lot of discussion around this controller causing all sorts of issues and me being new to setting up this software FW using OpnSense don't want to end up troubleshooting issues during the initial setup.

I looked up the FreeBSD site, but it quite confusing when checking about the supported Ethernet controllers I could use. I was thinking may be I build the machine from scratch but not sure if I will end up deciding the right set of components (which are compatible with OpnSense).

Does anybody have a budget recommendation for components (that should be easily available to grab at my or any location for that matter)? If I build it from scratch, I don't see a motherboard that comes with 2 GE ports so I will have to plug-in an extra adapter into the PCI slot so how do I make sure I choose the right adapter to plug in? I can't seem to find Intel 2.5/1 Gb Ethernet motherboard? I think I'm stuck while selecting a motherboard for the processor (
Intel Core i5-12400F Processor) I picked based on my budget?

I would appreciate if someone could provide a list of compatible components like CPU, Ethernet Controller, or anything that should be considered?

I'm quite excited to take on this project for myself so any guidance/suggestion would be really motivating.

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Nikhil