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Hardware and Performance / Back to OPNsense - SOHO Hardware PC Engines vs Intel
« on: December 05, 2020, 09:35:08 am »
I have previously used OPNsense in a home setting on a PC Engines board and am looking for recommendations, hardware wise this time around. FYI, I moved from OPNsense to Mikrotik then to a Unifi USG, the latter being simply that it matched my LAN/APs them all being UniFi too. Bottom line, the USG is all very pretty (fancy look in the controller GUI) but limited in actual functionality, IMO.
So my use case for OPNsense is a SOHO setting with 2 x VDSL WAN connections (Ethernet connectivity to upstream routers). I expect to be using a wide range of feature and functions of OPNsense including inbound client VPN, IPS, Captive Portal, Proxy, monit etc.
Are the APU2E4/APU4D4 devices still fit for purpose and a good fit (and good value)? I want something which is small and fanless. I've seen mention of alternative Intel based boards and am wondering if I should go down that route. For example, this, Jetway JNF692G6-420 or the many Celeron/Atom units on eBay (if you search for "pfsense Intel").
Thanks in advance.
So my use case for OPNsense is a SOHO setting with 2 x VDSL WAN connections (Ethernet connectivity to upstream routers). I expect to be using a wide range of feature and functions of OPNsense including inbound client VPN, IPS, Captive Portal, Proxy, monit etc.
Are the APU2E4/APU4D4 devices still fit for purpose and a good fit (and good value)? I want something which is small and fanless. I've seen mention of alternative Intel based boards and am wondering if I should go down that route. For example, this, Jetway JNF692G6-420 or the many Celeron/Atom units on eBay (if you search for "pfsense Intel").
Thanks in advance.