Firewall Mini PC N150 (N100 Upgrade), DDR5 8GB RAM 128GB NVMe SSD, 6 x 2.5GbE i226V LAN Fanless Computer Hardware, Micro Router Appliance, AES-NI, OPNsense, TypeC Port, TF Card Slot

My old router finally bit the dust after 8 years and I was in the market for a new one. Originally I purchased another router, but didn't like the fact that while it had 5 ethernet ports, the device only had two interfaces. Four ports shared one interface (the LAN interface). This didn't sit well with me so I returned it. I was told to look at OPNSense as it will run on x86 hardware and has no limitations. But I needed a device to run it on and I needed a device with multiple ethernet ports to do what I wanted to do with my network. In comes the Glovary Firewall Mini PC... I honestly can't remember why I chose this one, but I remember that Amazon served me this as a suggested item. I saw that it had five ethernet ports, the price was right, and OPNSense was supported 100%. So I bought it. First Glance: When I pulled it out of the box, I was greeted with a MiniPC with a big honky metal case that acts as the heatsink for the device. It also came with a VESA mount adapter, a wall-mount bracket, and a cable so you could install a SATA drive inside the unit. I took off the cover to take a peek inside (which btw the cover comes off with ease!) and what I found surprised me. A completely user-upgradable machine. You can replace and add RAM. You can replace the stock 120GB drive, add a second drive, AND add a SATA SSD drive for a total of three drives. For this price point I did not expect it to be this upgradable. Yay! Outside, the machine has four USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 3 ports (Type B), and 1 USB C port. It also has two HDMI ports, a TF slot (SD Card), and as stated before 5 2.5GBs ethernet ports. First Start Up: At first start up, it booked into a very zippy Windows 11 pre-installed system. I was impressed at how snappy it ran. Gave me hope that this machine wasn't going to be dog slow. Unfortunately, I am not going to use Windows 11, so I ran a SysInfo and printed it out so I had all the hardware (just in case). Note: If you are going to use Windows 11, this pre-installed version is unregistered but Glovary will provide a key upon request. Installation: I inserted the USB key I made with OPNSense on it, booted the MiniPC off the key, installed OPNSense and voila! Within 30 minutes I had a working firewall (again). Once I was happy with my installation, using the provided brackets, I installed the device on my 'lan wall' in my house. The Break Down: Pros: - lots of 2.5gb ethernet ports - Lots of USB ports - Ability to upgrade is A++ - Seems like a zippy machine (well in Windows) - Extra stuff with it (mounting bracket, USB cable) - Completely Fanless design (although you can request one for free from Glovary) Con's Honestly none that come to mind right off, except for two points that are not really con's. 1. This firewall will live on my LAN wall, which is in my laundry room. I do not have central air, so this room does not get cooled in the summer. My concern with the fanless design is that it will not cool the system enough when it is super hot out. Its spring here at the moment, and the heatsink case is rather warm now (and we're in the mid 60's F these days). I will probably request a fan from Glovary just to be safe. Rather not have this burn out too fast because of heat. 2. This isn't a con really but more a regret. My only regret is not waiting and buying the upgraded model with more disk and ram. Amazon didnt have it on Prime and woulda taken a week or more. It's great I can upgrade the device in the future, which is why this isn't much of a regret, except it would have been nice to set it up once and be done with it and not to basically have to re-setup the device if I replace the NVE drive in it. Bottom Line: Buy it. Don't wait. Just get it. Its an awesome device. I've only had it for a month and I am really impressed so far. But time will tell on the quality and if it lasts. I'd like to think it will. I'm impressed so far.

The item actually arrived several days ahead of schedule. The day I purchased the seller reached out to me to share some technical expectations. Product is sturdy with solid construction. I bought the bare-bones model thinking I would be cheap to install my own ssd and ram, but I've had problems sourcing the parts I really wanted, it would have been smarter just to buy it with those parts already installed. Installed proxmox over pxe, no issues. The hardware all seems to be working as expected. I'm seeing good network throughput and after running for several hours the heat sink is cool enough to touch. Running opnsense in a pve vm. 5 star product, 5 star vendor! Thanks.

I love this PC. I loaded OpenWRT on it and have a nice router. Better than the consumer routers, and I trust the firmware. Quite configurable. No wifi, so I suggest an access point to go along with it. I forget what I bought, but something compatible with OpenWRT.

I bought this computer to use it as a PFSense firewall. My experience has been terrific. The system came right up. The bios was easy to configure, the product is stable. This little unit is on 24X7 and has not glitched or gone down ever. I highly recommend this product for this type of application. I put it on my wattmeter and it pulls about 8 watts. Couple of caveats: 1. The bios has a watchdog option. Don't turn this on. I did this assuming it was self monitoring. It is not. It requires a WDT kick from the OS and without this it just reboots endlessly. 2. The unit gets quite warm. The exterior is a big heatsink which over an hour or so gets very warm. Maybe around 45C. I had an old computer fan lying around so I re-wired it using a chopped USB cable. 12V fan running on 5V from one of its USB ports. The fan spins at half speed (which is nice and quiet) and I just have it lying on top of the heat sink body of the computer. Cools it way down to around 30C. The fanless concept is great but it really needs some convective solution to be functional. I would have given 5 stars if I didn't need to add the fan. Overall, I like it and recommend the product.

Set this up to be my new router running Opnsense. Has worked amazingly well. My original plan was to use it as a 2.5g switch in addition to a router, but discovered that was not ideal, and a real switch is more efficient. If I had to do it again, I'd get the 4 port, but I can't complain.

I have this PC working as my main router running OPNsense 25.1.4. I have the other ports bridged. Don't waste your money on an all in one box with under powered processors and mediocre performance. This little PC runs circles around those all in one boxes. I have no complaints whatsoever.

This product was great for the 3 months it lasted. Now I have a device that won't turn on. I have a mutliplug power supply to try and isolate whether the board or the power supply but none of the connections work. I could find no way of contacting manufacturer and Amazon could care less because outside of return window by 1 1/2 months. What I would really like to do is get a different power supply to see if that is the issue but fat chance. The unit tended to run hot anyway so a lack of adequate cooling may contribute. If the items works for you-great! If you have issues you're on your own.

The N100/16GB/256NVMe unit wasn't very stable at all. PVE would freeze every 2 weeks or so and I could only hard-reset it to reboot. Gets hot very quickly if you live at a place with warm temps (> 80F), could barely touch the chassis for a few secs. Fixed the heat problem with a USB fan on top of the heatsink. Contacted support about the freezes 2 months after receiving the unit and though they were helpful and offered to replace the entire unit with a new one, I decided to keep it as an expensive paperweight due to the logistics costs to return and receive a new one.

Original mit 8GB gekauft, hab ich das Gerät mittlerweile auf 32GB aufgerüstet. War kein Problem, man muss nur ein paar Minuten beim ersten Bootvorgang warten, dann läuft es. Hatte den Support dazu angeschrieben, es steht aber eigentlich schon in der Beschreibung bei Amazon. Support ist schnell und freundlich, so wie es sein soll :-) Bei mir läuft Proxmox mit OPNsense, Unifi und HAOS auf dem Gerät mit einer zusätzlichen NVMe-SSD. Bei Proxmox aufpassen, da erkennt die Auto Negotiation manchmal die 2.5G-Ports nicht richtig und läuft nur mit 1G. Kann man aber leicht per ethtool umstellen. Für die Kühlung setze ich auf einen großen, externen Lüfter, den ich auf das Gerät gestellt habe. Der ist sicher leiser als der 8010, den man intern verbauen könnte, und sogar mit Gummifüßen entkoppelt. Von diesen Superslim-Lüftern gibt es aber sowieso nichts von Noctua oder BeQuiet und was anderes bau ich nicht ein. Die NVMe-SSDs hab ich mit Kühlkörpern ausgestattet. Alles in allem bin ich sehr zufrieden und hab mir tatsächlich sogar ein zweites Gerät gekauft. Mal schauen, wie es im Langzeitbetrieb läuft...

Delivery was delayed beyond the original estimate due to warehouse stock issues with required components. Despite the wait, the product arrived in perfect condition and has been performing exactly as expected. Currently running OPNsense as a firewall without any problems. Overall satisfied with the purchase.

Purtroppo il computer è arrivato non funzionante. Ho immediatamente chiesto l'autorizzazione al reso, che mi è stato accordato, ma ho dovuto fare una spedizione per mio conto di cui mi è stata rimborsata la metà della spesa. Ad oggi non ho ancora ricevuto il rimborso del prezzo del computer che dovrebbe arrivare nei prossimi giorni. L'azienda mi ha mandato numerosi messaggi per cercare di risolvere il problema, ma io ho preferito rendere il computer perché, anche se avessero risolto con un'assistenza online, ho temuto che potesse ripresentarsi lo stesso problema una volta scaduti i termini per esercitare il recesso.

Ik heb de -Quad Core N100, DDR5 16GB RAM 256GB NVMe SSD, 6 x 2.5GbE i226V LAN Fanless Ethernet Computer, Micro Router Appliance, AES-NI, TF, Type-C, Support Pfsense OPNsense- besteld om mijn netwerk veiliger te maken. De mini PC werd snel geleverd, maar helaas zonder RAM en HDD. Na contact op te hebben genomen met Glovary kreeg ik direct de optie om het RAM en de HDD na te laten sturen of om zelf voor het RAM en de HDD te zorgen. Ik heb gekozen voor de laatste optie, omdat ik het sneller wilde hebben. Na goed overleg met Glovary en na het testen van het RAMM, de HDD en software werd het geld voor het RAMM en de HDD binnen 24 uur betaald door Glovary. Snelle en nette afhandeling. En een jaar lang online service is top! Celia, bedankt. De mini PC is lekker snel en werkt erg goed met OPNsense.

I am using this primarily for my firewall set-up which is running as a VM inside proxmox.