Post #669031

2026-03-15 16:16 UTC

Alright, I need fedis help here My OpenWRT for my servers router decided to die, which made me realize that I really need to fix something that is redudant. Preferably something rack-mounted, something that can run OPNsense - and not something that costs to much. Ideas? #askfedi #opnsense #firewall

Replies (5)

@ilias@discuss.systems 2026-03-15 16:20

@selea Topton N150 mini pc's from AliExpress run Opnsense pretty well.

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@DeltaLima@social.la10cy.net 2026-03-15 16:22

@selea I am a big Fan of the zoatec zboxes. You can get Used ones for about 50-70€. They have celeron n3xxx n4xxx SoC with dual nic (1Gbit). Had those as primary Firewall for a Company office i ran in the past, with pfsense on it

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@niqdanger@social.linux.pizza 2026-03-15 16:22

@selea I've seen 1U 15" deep super micro servers go for less than $100 US around here. 16G, 600GB SATA. They are a few years older but would run OPNsense great (depending on your needs) My home OPNsense is running a fanless Celeron PC I picked up for a little less than $300. Not sure what the prices look like now.

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@fedops@fosstodon.org 2026-03-15 17:31

@selea one of the Celeron- or Atom-based thin clients that are flooding eBay could be good. You probably need one with a PCIe slot for additional Ethernet interfaces. 70-ish Eur will get you 8GB Ram and a 64GB SSD.

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@ewon_c@social.linux.pizza 2026-03-17 01:34

@selea you said preferably rack mountable, but everyone's suggesting N150 mini PC?? Check out Dell PowerEdge R430, used...not going to be more expensive than a new mini PC, and often comes with free DDR4 RAM

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