I have been using this with Untangle for the last 3 months in an enclosed panel and it has worked flawlessly; Barely warm to th...  Read More

I have been using this with Untangle for the last 3 months in an enclosed panel and it has worked flawlessly; Barely warm to the touch. Maybe a little overkill for the intended purpose but I always do that ;)  Read Less

I ordered the i5-2700U and pair it with a 240GB MSSD and 16GB of ram. Overkill for most anything this is intended for but reall...  Read More

I ordered the i5-2700U and pair it with a 240GB MSSD and 16GB of ram. Overkill for most anything this is intended for but really glad I did. At 1GB connection speeds running PfSense (and now OpnSense) with full IDS/IPS enabled, multiple blacklists and an http proxy for a parental controlled VLAN for children this thing uses a lot of that horse power!The downside of this setup is it does get hot (but not overly so - in a close network rack in a closet with little to no airflow I see max temps ~55-60c, internal case temps and mobo temps at 28c) - and on a PfSense update it destroyed the install causing me to reinstall the whole box, it's why I'm on OpnSense now which I'm glad I made the move.With 6 ports I have enough to have regular wan/lan ports + uplink to switching for VLANS with spare ports should I decide to go larger with my network. This things hasn't really failed me hardware wise and it always running strong, available, and uses very little power under load. Protectli rates the power consumption as 35W max - I'm seeing it in the range of 18-20W normally under load. So if you have a network rack with a UPS you're not adding a lot to it. With a 1500 VA APC UPS I can power the Protectli, 24 port POE, security system with 8 POE cameras, PVR, and POE access point for almost 4 hours. This has been invaluable during power outages in weather to keep track of storms!This thing is a little power house, at one point I was trying to decide between staying with a self built network or moving over to an Ubiquity network and one major deciding point was the ability to spoof a mac id (for network access to my provider which Ubiqiti's Dream machine line can't do). But now after setting things up with PfSense and no OpnSense and playing around with plugins, reporting, and various configurations I can say without a doubt if you're techy, can work with linux, know networking, and are willing to sacrifice notifications via an app - this box paired with open source software is the way to go to secure your network!  Read Less