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Hardware and Performance / Fitlet2 J3455 alternative?
« on: December 02, 2018, 03:14:24 am »
Greetings!
I'm a long time Sophos user looking for both a new appliance to replace my failing one, and strongly considering OPNsense for my next firewall project.
I've been looking for awhile now for what to buy, and cannot seem to find anything readily available that is comparable to the the fitlet2 with the J3455 CPU. I'm set on an Intel NIC, the prior appliance I had used Realtek, and those have failed...so Realtek is out.
My requirements are a small form factor fanless mini-PC (as it will sit in the living room with my other equipment), dual Intel NICs (I only need 2 as I have an AP with 8 ports that will attach to it), and capable of handling a gigabit fiber connection. Right now I have 300Mbps service, but can foresee upgrading to full gigabit in couple years, and I'd like to get something that could handle that kind of load. Family of 5 with multiple phones, FireTV and about 3 computers. My prior Zotac with the N3150 quad core was never really taxed or impacted throughput, unless I turned on IPS. The J3455 seems to be the best value cpu that could handle this, maybe even IPS...and the fitlet2 seems to be the best option. I'm just not willing to have it shipped from Israel as Amazon is now out of stock. I'd like to keep it under $250 for everything if possible. I have a spare 4Gb DDR3L 1600, so really would just need an SSD I'm thinking.
Would appreciate any recommendations.
Thanks.
I'm a long time Sophos user looking for both a new appliance to replace my failing one, and strongly considering OPNsense for my next firewall project.
I've been looking for awhile now for what to buy, and cannot seem to find anything readily available that is comparable to the the fitlet2 with the J3455 CPU. I'm set on an Intel NIC, the prior appliance I had used Realtek, and those have failed...so Realtek is out.
My requirements are a small form factor fanless mini-PC (as it will sit in the living room with my other equipment), dual Intel NICs (I only need 2 as I have an AP with 8 ports that will attach to it), and capable of handling a gigabit fiber connection. Right now I have 300Mbps service, but can foresee upgrading to full gigabit in couple years, and I'd like to get something that could handle that kind of load. Family of 5 with multiple phones, FireTV and about 3 computers. My prior Zotac with the N3150 quad core was never really taxed or impacted throughput, unless I turned on IPS. The J3455 seems to be the best value cpu that could handle this, maybe even IPS...and the fitlet2 seems to be the best option. I'm just not willing to have it shipped from Israel as Amazon is now out of stock. I'd like to keep it under $250 for everything if possible. I have a spare 4Gb DDR3L 1600, so really would just need an SSD I'm thinking.
Would appreciate any recommendations.
Thanks.