Small formfactor router

[BrandyWine]

I was just noting TBW price diffs. I did say that Samsung 980 was way better.
Using the 10G SFP+ doesn't mean the switch needs to be 10G. It's like using CAT6 cable when all you need now is a CAT5E.
noatime, I was kinda just mentioning it as a check. It's in bsd tuning guides, I perhaps didn't realize it was the default.
All the SFP's come with a fan? Seems to be the case, but I did also mention (I think) that should get whatever with a fan. They are pretty quiet, makes you want to check it from time to time just to make sure it's spinning. Heat is heat, whether fan is there or not, the diff is device temp.

I don't know about the power usage. 2-3 coppers vs 1 SFP+ , fan vs fanless. I think all those N150 items come with same PSU. Most of the power wasting will be in the PSU. Save power with a window solar panel and a 12v batt that can get through the night. ;)

[Simaryp]

I think the time horizon where I cqn expect that I could route more than 2.5G is way beyond any devices lifetime.

But I realized today that they are realizing a fiber initiative in my town and on many places I could probably get a FTTH qnd 1Gb down and .5 up 😀.

[BrandyWine]

Start with a 6port no-fan, see how that works.

[allenlook]

I've been running for 333 days on a MinisForum UN100D, with a 256GB "GOFATOO" NVMe SSD, with 28.4TB written so far, consuming 34% of the drive life.  If it dies I'll put another SSD in it, so no big deal, but I *did* turn off NetFlow and RRD as that's all I can figure would write that much data in that amount of time.

[raberrio]

If only one fiber cable, then is it .1q?
.1q to fw (1 cable) will always mean 1/2 iface for total bandwidth. But 5G is still 2x that of the copper 2.5G.

I myself like the one cable design, less mess.

Get the i3 fan version. The fan is silent during the day. At night you might hear a slight fan.
https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Hardware-82599ES-OPNsense-Appliance/dp/B0F7QR8KLQ
When my needs get to that level, i'll replace my N150 for i3 version.

Funny how they added description like that, but the i3-N305 is dual mem channel capable, significantly way better than single mem channel N150.

Precisely, I am getting this box with the N150, and I plan to connect a switch with the 10G SFP+ port

The switch has 4x 2.5G Poe ports + 1 2.5G non Poe + 1x 10G SFP+

I also plan to connect wifi7 APs to Switch Poe Ports

I should have selected the i3 version or I will be fine with the N150?

[BrandyWine]

I should have selected the i3 version or I will be fine with the N150?

N150 is ok, you need good ram and NVMe disk (whatever the fastest your pc can use, etc). that's the best way.
The i3 is just way better than N150.

If you're just doing some basic filtering with a few extra services, should be ok. If you load it up using every plugin and all the extra services, cpu is gonna be taxed.

My N150 is only running the Suricata with fw, I have low traffic, but the system runs almost idle all the time.

[raberrio]

Thanks. I am just a beginner in the networking world so I don't expect to use super fancy features for now... just basic filtering and enhanced security from typical consumer home network.

But who knows... maybe in the future... but always you can upgrade your gear.

[Stormscape]

I've been running for 333 days on a MinisForum UN100D, with a 256GB "GOFATOO" NVMe SSD, with 28.4TB written so far, consuming 34% of the drive life.  If it dies I'll put another SSD in it, so no big deal, but I *did* turn off NetFlow and RRD as that's all I can figure would write that much data in that amount of time.

Honestly the best thing to do with OPNsense to extend drive lifetime isn't just to buy a higher quality drive, it's to buy a larger capacity drive. I bought a $50 512GB drive (at the time, it might be cheaper now) for my router not because I thought I would need that much space but because the TBW rating for 512GB is demonstrably higher compared to 256GB drives. I'm at 17% endurance used and 45 TBW after just over 3 years (1110 days power on time).