STRHIGPFirewall Mini PC OPNsense Celeron J4125 Quad Core, 4 x 2.5G LAN Fanless PC 8GB RAM DDR4+128GB SSD, AES-NI, 4K HD, RS232 COM, 6USB, Aluminum, SIM Slot, VESA Mount, pre-installed Win10

Have this running as a OPNSense firewall for the house. More than capable of gigabit throughput even with ad blocking and basic IPS.Would advise running the firewall as a Virtual Machine on Proxmox though rather than bare metal.Originally had it bare metal as was concerned about losing performance but discovered yesterday that there's a hardware/driver bug with the Intel NIC that completely kills PPPoE throuput. Got to spend last night rebuilding it all as a VM to work around the problem 😴.However I can now confirm that there's no noticeable drop in performance when running as a VM and can now easily get 900Mb/s throuput on both of my internet connections.Only recommendation would be to consider upping the RAM to 16Gb instead of 8. Still working fine but it's a little bit tighter than I'd like once Proxmox takes 2GB for itself.

I was somewhat sceptical of the capabilities of this mini PC, I had done a lot of looking around and eventually figured I'd take the decision to see if this would be just what I needed.Happy to say after a few weeks of use that this is been a great mini PC for use as a router, currently have OPNSense installed and able to get gigabit throughput with dns adblock and Zenarmour performing additional filtering and blocking services.Overall I can say I am pleasantly surprised with the performance and if you're looking for a mini PC that is capable of handling a 1 gigabit connection with some apps and filtering this is capable enough for that.A shame there is no 2.5G version for future 1G+ internet connections, but I guess at that point at least link aggregation should provide the means support that.

This review relates to my purchase of the fanless STRHIGP firewall mini pc with 4 network ports, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD and RS232 serial comm/console port. It is worth noting that the four NICs are Intel based which is important for my use case.I purchased this device with the intention of installing and configuring pfsense v22.05as a backup router/firewall for my Netgate WAN router. The spec of this purchase is somewhat overkill for pfsense, but this was intentional in case I needed to repurpose the device. The install went smoothly. Using the RS232 port & 'PUTTY' app on my laptop, the console monitor worked perfectly. I accessed the pfsense webgui via my laptop browser to complete the detailed configuration of the router. Note that there may be compatibility issues with pfsense and the built-in wireless adapter, but for me I don’t require this function.So far I am very happy with my purchase, especially as the price & spec of the STRHIGP routeris favourable compared to other equivalent hardware options. I have been in contact with STRHIGP customer support on a couple of occasions & received prompt responses each time.Finally, customer support confirms the unit has a 3 year warranty although I'm not sure how the return process works.The only negative is the lack of detailed hardware documentation or a dedicated website.

I bought this to use as a router. I opted for this one over the Sharevdi due to the more modern CPU and DDR4 memory. It's working well so far - I originally intended to run it with OpenWRT (which I was able to successfully boot), however opted for Arch Linux in the end (I've not tried to boot the included Windows 10 install). Network devices all work well, the four ethernet ports present as separate devices allowing maximum flexibility, and wifi card easily configured as a basic Wifi 4 / 802.11n access point.

Works perfectly with Sophos xg 19, performs well 200 ish megs np with ips.The one I got came with a wireless adapter/antenna but I ended up removing those.Quiet operation, and remains a little warm to the touch on the heat sink on the top.Comes with hdmi/Sata and power, power adapter is external.Looks good so far and will be putting this into commission in the next month or so, just configuring and texting before then.

Just what I needed to replace my Asus router with OPNsense. It's not the quickest device in the world and takes a while to boot but it uses Intel NICs for maximum compatibility and the Celeron J4125 is sufficient to handle gigabit traffic (asymmetric at least) without breaking a sweat. It was the cheapest model I could find with this CPU and NIC combination by around £100.

Su CPU de 4 cores y sus cuartro puertos gigaethernet te permite un host de virtualización en tu entorno doméstico . Un producto apto para una instalación de Proxmox corriendo en debian. Se puede ampliar con otro disco SSD

Great little computer. I am really glad I bought it as it runs OpenBSD 7.2 out of the box. The only thing to be aware is that you really need to have the EFI boot partition installed, otherwise OpenBSD will have a problem with MSI-X allocation. The EFI boot partition on the OpenBSD USB flash image (install.img) works fine, although it may be better to retain the one that comes installed on the SSD disk.

Because of the Switch from ISP (Cable to Fiber) I ordered this firewall to replace my Netgear R7000. The OS of my choosing was PfSense. (this product is advertised as OPNsense compatible). With the 64bit multicore processor 8GB-ram and 128Gb SSD this device is absurdly overpowered for my home-network.This device comes pre-installed with Windows 10, and ships with and older version of the AMI BIOS (No EUFI). This is was not a problem. Boot from USB-stick is supported. And there are no issues with the device which prevents the installation. Ethernet interfaces are Intel Gigabyte compatible.However the Intel Centrino Advanced 6235 mini PCI WLAN card isn't fully supported in FreeBSD, which limits the functionality for mine intended purpose for the device. It is not possible to configure this card as an AccesPoint. Buyers beware of this when getting this device as a home-router. You should combine this device with an external AP or replace the mini-PCI card with one which is compatible (One from Marvell or Artheos).The device comes with a 12V 5A power brick and has a fair power consumption.Time will tell about the quality of the nameless SSD, but for now there are no signs for suspicion.Last subject would be the price, I paid €353,- (incl. shipping and VAT) which is (to be honest) a little steep considering the specs. To put it in comparison, for the same price you can have a Chromebook with the same specs, which has the benefit of an integrated screen and battery.Setting aside the minor disappointment because of the product (as shipped) is not fully compatible with the advertised purpose, as well as the price; I'm not dissatisfied with my purchase.

STRHIGP Firewall Mini PCUtilizzato con distribuzione pfsense (pfSense-CE-2.6.0-RELEASE-amd64).Nessun problema in installazione e gestione del software. Unico appunto, la scheda wireless. E' possibile utilizzare il modulo wireless solo per agganciare il MiniPc ad una rete wireless.Non è possibile utilizzare la funzione Access point (a meno che non si voglia sostituire la scheda).

Ich betreibe darauf eine Securepoint Firewall. Alles Netzwerk Anschlüsse sind sofort gefunden worden. CPU für Firewall völlig ausreichend.