- May 25, 2020
- 295
Hi MalwareTips.
I had been looking for a cheap mini pc to use as a firewall and recently scored an "open-box" Azulle Elite Mini PC on Gumtree.
It's pretty decent: i5-1340P, 1TB Nvme, 64GB DDR4
Sadly, I cannot get pfSense or OPNsense to detect the 2nd ethernet port on the unit. I can use the WiFi and one ethernet port,
but that solution doesn't suit my needs. I have been goofing around with QNX's Neutrino RTOS 7.1, and now the trial period
for full functionality is over, so I need to decide what to do.
Shall I just install Win11 and try OPNsense or pfSense on a virtual machine?
The Azulle's weakness is temperature. Simply downloading fast can trigger the CPU to hit 100C. I have to limit downloads to 30MB/s to not trigger any CPU boosting.
Is there much Linux arcana involved in getting OPNsense or pfSense to see the second ethernet port while running on the bare metal?
Thanks, C.
I had been looking for a cheap mini pc to use as a firewall and recently scored an "open-box" Azulle Elite Mini PC on Gumtree.
It's pretty decent: i5-1340P, 1TB Nvme, 64GB DDR4
Sadly, I cannot get pfSense or OPNsense to detect the 2nd ethernet port on the unit. I can use the WiFi and one ethernet port,
but that solution doesn't suit my needs. I have been goofing around with QNX's Neutrino RTOS 7.1, and now the trial period
for full functionality is over, so I need to decide what to do.
Shall I just install Win11 and try OPNsense or pfSense on a virtual machine?
The Azulle's weakness is temperature. Simply downloading fast can trigger the CPU to hit 100C. I have to limit downloads to 30MB/s to not trigger any CPU boosting.
Is there much Linux arcana involved in getting OPNsense or pfSense to see the second ethernet port while running on the bare metal?
Thanks, C.