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    Zotac ZBOX ID91 / issues with WLAN but great throughput!

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      Wordo
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      Hey guys,

      just bought a ZBOX ID91 cause of the 2 GB NICs and installed pfSense on it.
      If was wondering if the onboard Realtek NICs deliver real Gbit, but the results are very good.

      Also with IPSEC enabled (AES-NI with AES-GCM) I got 96MB/s downloading a file over http and sending data with iperf gave me 450Mbit!

      http://www.routerperformance.net/routers/nexcom-nsa/iperf-results-for-zotac-zbox-id91/
      http://www.routerperformance.net/routers/nexcom-nsa/

      Downside:

      • The wireless card is not recognized by pfSense, I'll try to compile a driver by myself (if available for FreeBSD) and publish it.
      • IPerf shows me huge packet loss for udp traffic, also when it's not encrypted, will dig into that, but if anyone has an idea, please share! :)
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        Wordo
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        Ok, WLAN driver is Intel IWI 3160 which is not supported by pfSense/FreeBSD, also no source code for compiling and only linux binary version available. Tried the windows driver and ndisgen, no luck.

        Seems that WLAN won't work with ZBOX 91

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          Guest
          last edited by

          So is the WLAN soldered on or socketed?

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            Wordo
            last edited by

            Socketed I think (bottom right):

            http://abload.de/img/img_20140117_155305-ki0rdk.jpg

            Don't want to skrew it off, cause I'll loose warranty and I'm not interested in WLAN that much.

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              Guest
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              Very nice. Thanks for the pix. Looks like half mini. I hear an Atheros in your future!!Ar5bhb92 would be nice dual band choice. You could always slip the intel back in if the box fails.

              https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros_AR5BHB92

              Or spring for the top dog:
              https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Bigfoot_Networks_Killer_Wireless-N_1103

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