Physical or Virtual? A Silent 4x 2.5GbE Proxmox VE pfSense and OPNsense Box

Video Description

We review another 4x 2.5GbE firewall solution to see if this Topton unit is any better than the Hnsun unit we reviewed previously. We also ask that important question: physical or virtual firewall. This time we show how to setup the system with either pfSense or OPNsense running firewall and VPN services (as well as HAproxy.) We also discuss how by using virtualizing and Intel i225 pass-through on this Intel J4125 firewall, one can run more services like Guacamole to access Project TinyMiniMicro nodes. We are going to put this in our new STH Mini PC series. STH Main Site Article: https://www.servethehome.com/topton-intel-j4125-4x-i225-fanless-virtualized-firewall-appliance-review-pfsense-opnsense-proxmox-ve/ STH Main Site Article 2: https://www.servethehome.com/how-to-pass-through-pcie-nics-with-proxmox-ve-on-intel-and-amd/ STH Merch on Spring: https://the-sth-merch-shop.myteespring.co/ STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dryM09 STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ServeTheHome ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find The Unit We Purchased ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We are documenting where we purchased these units in the forums to keep one record. You can find that here for this unit: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/fanless-intel-j4125-4x-i225-virtualized-firewall-appliance-review.36213/post-334166 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 01:21 External Hardware Overview 04:21 Configuration and Pricing 05:09 Internal Hardware Overview 08:33 Power Consumption 09:11 Virtualized or Physical pfSense and OPNsense on Proxmox VE 18:56 Looking Toward the Next-Generation 19:48 Key Lessons Learned 20:57 Wrap-up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Similar Hunsn J4125 and i225 Unit: https://youtu.be/wUcDg_ms0is - TinyPilot Raspberry Pi KVM: https://youtu.be/l7i-hm_E2ls - Dell OptiPlex 7080 Micro: https://youtu.be/5mTUTX4QNkg - Dell OptiPlex 7070 Micro: https://youtu.be/Ozzq_99Z3kw - Dell OptiPlex 7060 Micro: https://youtu.be/RZMf_DnRvq8 - HP EliteDesk 800 G6 Mini: https://youtu.be/o416e0iyE30 - HP EliteDesk 405 G4 Mini: https://youtu.be/SFBpQJoU8L0 - HP EliteDesk 705 G5 Mini: https://youtu.be/IBY-C8Ym7wU - HP Not Enabling AMD PSB: https://www.servethehome.com/hp-amd-ryzen-pro-psb-status-tested-via-a-hp-elitedesk-805-g6-mini-asus-gigabyte/ - Lenovo PSB Locking Ryzen CPUs: https://youtu.be/KAVlHy05XzM - Lenovo M90q Tiny: https://youtu.be/GTl8fiKEr8g - Lenovo M80q Tiny: https://youtu.be/4_4Ulnfk0Sc - Lenovo IdeaCentre 5i Tiny: https://youtu.be/ztn7VjNzY7k - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q-2 Tiny (Gen 2): https://youtu.be/Kr1tD6TEnek - Apple Mac Mini M1 10GbE Edition: https://youtu.be/4gXUfAgLKj0