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    Alternative to Qotom Q190G4 with AES-NI?

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      darko-san
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      Hello folks,

      I have an alix2d3 that is working perfectly since 2010.
      As the time goes by my WAN links speed increased to 150 Mbps so the 100 Mbit/s NICs are too slow. I need 1 Gbit adapters.  Also for the packages that I want to use would most probably required some more beefy CPU.

      My first candidate was Qotom Q190G4 / Q190G4N. Strong and efficient CPU (TDP 10W) and fanless. Unfortunately, after the latest news about AES-NI and 2.5. The J1900 does not fit the bill.
      My next candidate is apu3a4. The CPU support the AES-NI instructions:
      CPU: AMD Embedded G series GX-412TC, 1 GHz quad Jaguar core with 64 bit and AES-NI support, 32K data + 32K instruction cache per core, shared 2MB L2 cache.
      Also, I’ll be able to attach m-SATA SSD. But am not quite sure if it will carry the
      The packages that I would like to use are as follows:
      pfBlockerNG
      snort
      squid / squidGuard
      OpenVPN / tinc

      Could you please based on that recommend some hardware setup?
      If possible like the Qotom one fanless.
      Powerful enough CPU but efficient.
      RAM 8 Gigs would fit fine.
      SSD capable.
      4 Gigabit NICs.

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        Shad0wz
        last edited by

        Take a look at QOTOM-Q355G4

        Example:

        QOTOM-Q355G4 2017 New model 4 LAN mini PC core I5 Dual core 2USB 3.0,2 USB 2.0 firewall Multi-function home router TV Box(8G Kingston RAM, 120G Intel SSD,NO WIFI)

        https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B06XPJKV5L/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new

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          VAMike
          last edited by

          apu2 should work fine. The apu3, it's the same hardware with added support for lte modems.

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            daveweinstein
            last edited by

            How about this one from Lanner?

            http://www.lannerinc.com/products/x86-network-appliances/desktop/?option=com_content&view=article&id=1879:nca-1031&catid=26:desktop

            It looks great but having trouble finding a reasonably priced source…

            -dw

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