ASRock NUC BOX-1115G4 Good choice for home FW ?

orconomix

Hello.

I have been looking around for a cheap and small mini PC i can use to make a pfsense fw.
I would prefer a PC from a reputable brand.
I would like the pfsense box to have at least one 2.5GBE port.
There seems to be a variety of mini PCs from some chinese brands like hunsn that have 4 x 2.5GBE ports.
I also ran into a mini PC by asrock...

https://www.newegg.com/asrock-nuc-box-1115g4/p/N82E16856158075

I was wondering if the 2.5GBE NIC would work with pfsense.

bingo600

@orconomix

IMHO two interfaces is to few for a firewall

/Bingo

orconomix

The amount of interfaces is enough for me.
What i am concerned about is the 2.5GBE interface.
Not sure if and how well it is supported by pfsense at the moment.

stephenw10

Looks like it's an i225-LM so it should be supported:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_6_0/sys/dev/igc/if_igc.c#L54

Steve