CompuLab's Fitlet machine - fanless, AMD, 8g RAM, 2 NICs, Wifi

Applied

Looking verrry interesting.

fitlet-B, as entry-level model, seems sensibly priced at 129$ - but no good fit for a router, with only 1 NIC.
fitlet-X on the high-end looks a great piece of hardware but I'd also guess it will probably be in a pricing band that makes you look for alternatives.

fitlet-i: the price of this middle configuration will probably make or break it for me.
Dual-Intel LAN, ac Wi-Fi and quad-core (as opposed to dual-core on the entry-level) however make me cast some on the suggested 200€ price (no source given for price).

At a mere 200€ I'd definitely consider getting one.

@Jason:

at which point you should just buy a Rangeley box

Would the Rangeley have any immediate advantage, in pfSense?
QuickAssist isn't supported and won't be for a while - or is it?

Applied

(sorry, double post)

Applied

Pricing:

http://www.fit-pc.com/web/purchasing/order-fitlet/

fitlet-X-LAN Barebone seems to be quad-Intel LAN @ 262$

dgcom

So quickly checking Amazon:
32Gb mSata - $37
4GB SODIMM DDR3 - $33

Which brings fitlet-X-LAN to a total of $332, which is not that bad for a device with 4 Intel NICs and extra WiFi dongle to spare :)

Would be nice to see pfSense HW compatibility tests once those boxes are available.

johnpoz

That does look like might make a nice little pfsense box, but I am more interested in pfsense running on the unifi edge router lite, only has 3 interfaces and no wifi (don't need that for my needs) But its price tag is much nicer at under $100

dgcom

ERL is a nice little machine, but it is a bit underspeced for my taste. But it depends on what exactly you need from pfSense installation…

jahonix

The Fitlet's Intel NICs are i211. Anyone sure they are currently supported from FreeBSD 10?
I heard otherwise but I only repeat what I heard (which means I absolutely don't know).

dgcom

@jahonix:

The Fitlet's Intel NICs are i211. Anyone sure they are currently supported from FreeBSD 10?
I heard otherwise but I only repeat what I heard (which means I absolutely don't know).

Have you tried to do a quick search on this matter? FreeBSD 9.1 release notes claim support and latest driver's sources are available from Intel…

jahonix

Nope. Maybe it was the i210 which is not yet supported.

tirsojrp

According to CompuLab their toys works with pfSense.
https://plus.google.com/+Fitpc-by-compulab/posts/RLHJGz3FUSr

dgcom

@tirsojrp:

According to CompuLab their toys works with pfSense.

This is great. Although, fitlet-i is comparable with (a bit cheaper) Shuttle DS437, fitlet-X-LAN is better option when more than 2 NICs are required…