This is a solid product, and I recommend it for those building their own firewall/router device for a high-speed network. The technical support is also excellent, with help available via WhatsApp (which I recommend for power consumption tuning). Very happy with this device.

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.

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'sHonestly 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.

El appliance funciona perfectamente según lo esperado, con opensense. Tuve un problema con los puertos, dejó de reconocer uno. Hable con soporte y me pasaron la actualización de firmware de la tarjeta de red y se solucionó. Muy atentos y responden muy rápido. De rendimiento va bien, aun no he activado el ips y tengo pocas reglas pero la vpn y las interfaces con vlan en general van muy bien. No se calienta demasiado de momento. Actualizaré el comentario más adelante cuando pase verano.

Il prodotto costa un po' ma le prestazioni si notano. Installato OPNSENSE e con rete ad 1 gigabit funziona alla grande. Prossimamente verrà fatta l'installazione della fibra a 2.5 gbps, vi aggiornerò quindi sulle prestazioni quando verrà utilizzato al 100%.

Initially I saw another MAC vendor on the NIC's, and I was seeing some odd behavior with connecting at 2.5 gigs. I found some BIOS settings to tweak to ensure these don't go into a low power mode, and now have a stable connection.the MAC vendor shows Changwang, but the chips inside are by Intel (per FreeBSD) as mentioned in the description.The server is running solid and with a second M2 drive installed, I only see it pulling about 20 watts with a normal load.

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.

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.

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

This is a solid, high performing system with a partial 1u format. Plenty of space left on the rack shelf. The H-Bar is a plug-in board which accommodates a second NVME. There is a small slot underneath for a WiFi card. I’m concerned what having it serve as a WiFi device may raise significant heat issues, requiring a fan.As a fanless system without a power light you would not know it’s there. The entire case is a heat sink, and appears rock solid.The system comes with a base, incomplete install of Windows 11, providing a means of testing the device. Hook it up to the Internet, finish setup and get an activation code.Reformat or unplug the NVME and Windows 11 something else later. Either way you can build what you want.

I really wanted the 16GB version, but the 8GB version was immediately available, and all I really needed ;)Pre-installed OS isn't very useful for me, but Debian Bookworm installed and runs perfectly.The case gets a little warm, but nothing to be concerned about.

Very sturdy and original components used, seller celia was very helpful in answering queries and sent a fan as per request ! Delivery to US in 5 days , as per request for faster delivery! Attached all images in the box, added ram and nvme to the barebone for a powerful virtual firewall homelab!Thanks glovary, will definitely purchase again other devices!

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.