QOTOM -- confused

[Ciprian]

Google is  your friend.  8)


https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/6pu2jd/qotomq355g4_pfsesne_open_vpn/

Already did read this, as a couple of others, as well as any comment made on the  AliExpress product page itself...
I just hoped for someone in our community making the tests on OPNsense itself, since everybody else I have read about up to now were making tests on pfSense.

I know, it should be about the same. Until is not! :)

[Tubs]

I have two both the i5 and i7

I run a 500/250 FTTP service on the i7 and even when I'm giving the link some real heavy work the cpu has never gone over 5%
The i5 is used on a FTTC 80/20 service and rarely hit more than 3%

Can you estimate how a Celeron 3865u (Kaby Lake) or a Core i3 7100u (Kaby Lake ) compares to the Core i5-5250U of Qotom is in regards of power consumption and power?

The MINISYS IBOX-501 N13 that is availiabe with Kaby Lake i3 Kaby Lake Celeron and  mentioned above looks interesting to me.

See also here:
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=7637.0

[marjohn56]

Go to cpuboss.com and enter the CPUs you want to compare, that should give you all the info you need.

[GPz1100]

Worth checking how well the thermal paste was applied in Assembly
My i5 ran hot until I reapplied it. The i7 was fine

Can you clarify what you actually did.  I understood it wasn't thermal paste used but a thermal pad of some sort?  Take any pics?

Thanks!

[qarkhs]

Consider yourself lucky to be able to even discuss the Qotom devices. The pf forum has banned all mention of them.

Good to find you here. I was a follower of the Unofficial Qotom Hardware Topic on the pfsense forums. Not only did they lock that thread, they now appear to have deleted the entire thread containing hundreds of posts with a wealth of information on using pfsense on Qotom hardware. Anyway, having discovered opnsense, I now have no need to put up with such childish behavior.

[GPz1100]

Ironically enough, it was *that* thread that prompted me to spend $300+ on a qotom box.

I started out with utm because it was far more novice friendly than other options.  Lately i've been exploring pfsense because utm while a great option is somewhat bloated.  In fact, in the course of trying to get an att gateway bypass working (see https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=7298.msg37970#msg37970), I needed a more plain vanilla freebsd environment.  Discovered opnsense!  While I was only partially successful with that bypass method (great reduction in speeds) I got a nice opportunity to explore this software.

For now, utm is still the primary firewall/router, but as time permits, I do have opnsense running on a test box so I can figure out it's ui and general operating methods.  Utm has a number of firewall rules, several vpn servers and other functions enabled.  I'm slowly exploring the opnsense equivalents to these.

As for the qotom box, it's now 8 months old.  So far no issues.  Had some heat problems early on which I took care of by using one of those afinity external usb fans.  At some point I may take it apart and redo the thermal pad.

Also, everything is running under exsi.  In addition to the firewall there's freepbx and a cyberpower systems vm appliance for monitoring the connected UPS.  If power should go out, it gracefully shuts all the vm's and exsi down.  Upon power return everything starts back up. 

[marjohn56]

Consider yourself lucky to be able to even discuss the Qotom devices. The pf forum has banned all mention of them.

Good to find you here. I was a follower of the Unofficial Qotom Hardware Topic on the pfsense forums. Not only did they lock that thread, they now appear to have deleted the entire thread containing hundreds of posts with a wealth of information on using pfsense on Qotom hardware. Anyway, having discovered opnsense, I now have no need to put up with such childish behavior.

They seek him here they seek him there... :)

Yes, there are lots of 'ex' pfSense users here. Strangely there are not a lot in of 'ex' Opnsense users on the pfSense boat. Says it all really.

[Mega32]

@marjohn

Yes it was a really bad thing , that the entire Qotom thread has dissapeared from the pfsense forum.

How was the conversion of firewall rules from pfSense to OpnSense ?
I mean was it "start from scratch" , or is opensense able to read pfsense config ?

I'm considering firing up my 3'rd (spare) Qotom i5 , and get it running w. opnsense.
Then migrate the 2 other if i'm happy w. the test.

I don't like the way the mods (Ivar) is behaving "over there" too.

[marjohn56]

You can import a config.xml file from pfsense, but to be honest you are better off doing it from scratch.

I know for users with big complex systems this a pita, but you will find your way around Opnsense much better if you do it all 'manually' to start with. Apart from that there are some things in opnsense and pfsense configs that do not exist in the others config. I did mine from scratch, I guess it took me about an hour to get the basics sorted and then tweaks here and there as I got it settled the way I wanted it.

I'm afraid it was the attitude of said mod that caused me to jump ship, I should thank him really.