My new firewall

[Taomyn]

Thought I would share details of my new firewall build:

• Board: Jetway JNF795T2-Q170 (mini-ITX, 4 x LAN)
• CPU: Intel Core i3-7100
• RAM: 8GB (2 x 4GB)
• Storage: Intel 60GB SSD
• Case: CiT MTX-007B

So far working out well, and so much faster than my previous build which admittedly was about 5yrs old.

[mimugmail]

Which NIC is it?
Cheap Jetways usually have I211AT which have known problem with FreeBSD/OPNsense .. freezes and crashes

[Taomyn]

• 1 x Intel I219-LM PHY Gigabit LAN (iAMT 11.0) for my DMZ
• 3 x Intel I211-AT PCI-E Gigabit LAN for the WAN/LAN

My last build had 1 x Intel I211-AT (WAN) and 4x Intel 82574L (LAN etc) in the last Jetway which for 5yrs the only issue was this year when the 4x LAN daughter-card stopped working - was a mainboard problem.

So far so good, but I will be sure to report any issues going forward.

[Archesys]

Hi,

Do you have any issue with Intel i219LM PHY because I intended to buy a barebone that uses this type of card ?

[Taomyn]

I haven't noticed anything since - I did do clean install and configure import a while back to upgrade to V23 and also from UFS to ZFS on the SSD. Very smooth experience.