Beelink GT-R Mini-PC
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For the curious, yes, pfSense 2.4.5-p1 installs and runs on a Beelink GT-R Mini-PC.
I am new to pfSense, and will probably buy a Netgate SG-3100 for my permanent firewall, but I had the GT-R and thought I would test using it. 2.4.5 installed painlessly and so far seems to run fine. I don't intend for this to turn into full-blown Beelink GT-R discussion but I wanted to let others known that I have one and it works nicely as a small router/firewall/NAT device.
This nice little box is a full-featured AMD Ryzen 5 PC that costs about US$400 then you add your own RAM and SSD. I bought mine as an upgrade from an older Intel NUC. There are no PCIe slots, but it has two on-board RealTek 1Gb Ethernet ports and several USB3 ports. It also has a built-in AMD GPU with HDMI and DP output. It also has a USB-C port but I'm not sure if that supports video.
With only two Ethernet ports, if you need an OPT port for a DMZ you'll have to use a USB3 Ethernet dongle. I'm leery of that but I've been doing it for a week and so far have not had any problems. USB3 is fast enough for my needs.
Note that the GT-R has an Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 on-board. At the moment FreeBSD does not seem to support it but I have not researched it in detail. Since it supports similar but older Intel Wi-Fi 5 chips I would expect FreeBSD support soon.
Thanks to Steve Gibson at GRC.com for telling us about pfSense on his Security Now TWiT.TV podcast
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