Review on ZOTAC ZBOX-CI325NANO-U Series Nano Fan-Less Mini PC Intel N3160 Quad-Core CPU Silent Performance Barebone System SSD & RAM Not Included, No OS by Gabriel Rosenberg

Please don't try to use this for pfsense. It has been known to just "freeze/freeze" with no explanation. All optimizations in the BIOS and pfsense itself did not heal. I move to another box or virtualize the firewall. This thing seemed like a great replacement for the desktop it ran on (for 2 years without bugs), but it was nothing short of a nightmare. ------- ---------------------------------UPDATE A week later I'm following the advice of Jan followed comment below and changed memory in places. It's running now and looks good so far. What I want to say is that pfSense is still a risky bet, only because of the Realtek drivers now included with FreeBSD. In particular, it has a problem with a timeout (watchdog timer) that terminates all functions on one or both NICs. The solution is to load a kernel module that comes into play when it notices the Realtek drivers (i.e. add a line to /boot/loader.conf that says if it's Realtek and use then the kernel module you loaded). I am using driver 1.88. and that's fine (although the performance is probably not full gigabit if you factor in human-conducted testing). new SG1000 from pfSense. It will just work. If not, it seems to be working admirably now. conf with a line indicating if it is Realtek, and then use the downloaded kernel module.) I'm using the 1.88 driver and it's fine (although the performance probably isn't a full gigabit if you believe human testing). If everything comes from Greek for you, I'd recommend using a different box with Intel NICs if you're using pfSense, or even the new SG1000 from pfSense itself. It will just work. If not, it seems to be working admirably now. conf with a line saying if it's Realtek, then use the kernel module you downloaded.) I'm running the 1.88 driver and it's fine (although performance is probably not full gigabit performance if you believe the tests that people have done). If everything comes from Greek for you, I would recommend using a different box with Intel NICs if using pfSense, or even the new SG1000 from pfSense itself. It will just work. It seems to be different now works great. just working. If not, it seems to be working admirably now. just working. If not, it seems to be working admirably now.