ODROID H2 SBC

mikefallen

Found the hardware for my new pfsense build thought i would share this great little platform!!!

2.3Ghz Quad-core processor J4105 (14nm) with 4MiB Cache

Dual-channel Memory DDR4-PC19200 (2400MT/s)
Total 32GiB RAM Space with two SO-DIMM slots
4 x PCIe 2.0 for one NVMe storage
2 x Gbit Ethernet ports
2 x SATA 3.0
SSE4.2 accelerator (SMM, FPU, NX, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES)
Intel UHD Graphics (Gen9.5) 600 (GT1) 700Mhz
HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.2 multiple video outputs

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more info available here https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=32536

Grimson

@mikefallen said in ODROID H2 SBC:

2 x Gbit Ethernet ports

Those are Realtek crap NICs, so for FreeBSD based networking this is a shitty little platform.

mikefallen

I thought support in recent Freebsd/pfsense versions was a lot better for Realtek NIC's?

Guess ill stick to PC engines

stephenw10

More like recent Realtek NICs are a lot better than the old 10/100 chips. But that's not saying much.

Intel NICs are still massively preferred but they could OK on that board. Someone would need to test it.

Steve

TheNarc

If your Realtek chipset is among those listed here, I have had very good luck with the official driver. The compiled binary for 2.4.4 is here:
https://forum.netgate.com/topic/135850/official-realtek-driver-binary-1-95-for-2-4-4-release

I run two pfSense boxes with Realtek NICs and have had no problems at all with them using that driver. However, I'm dealing with 100/10 cable connections. I wouldn't expect them to achieve full gigabit speeds and I wouldn't trust them for enterprise applications, but for home use with sub-gigabit Internet connections they should be perfectly adequate.