On 2024-05-06 10:57, Kenn Thyrsted wrote:
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> Enter OpnSense - a nice, familiar experience :-)
> But when running on PC-hw rather powerhungry.
> -Not OpnSense's fault, i know, and as we know; excessive powerdraw in
> the firewalldepartment will end the world prematurely.
>
> My attempts on running it on a (very capable) laptop, revealed that *BSD
> had some "shortcomings" when using a USB-NIC.

Yeah, I was gonna say. I run it on old old old Atom CPUs from like 10
years ago. No problem. The NIC is realtek on board.

I can't find the exact model, but something like these:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Fanless-Embedded-Mini-Pc-Ce-leren_1600893720698.html

I usually opt to add my own RAM and SSD because what gets sent from
China is usually low quality. The board itself is *usually* fine.

Simon