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Protectli vault fw4b4/21/2023 ![]() Once this was complete, I installed OPNsense. The process was a breeze and worked immediately. This was an easy process of running a live USB with Ubuntu and following the instructions on the Protectli website. I did choose to flash Coreboot to my Vault. There's some discussion over whether Coreboot brings with it a slight performance increase but I haven't been able to prove it one way or another. AMI works with a lot more hardware but Coreboot has the advantage of being completely open-source. If you buy directly from Protectli, you have the choice of AMI (similar to what would be on your normal computer) or Coreboot. The device is delivered with the AMI bios flashed. ![]() I settled on 8GB RAM and a 128GB storage drive and have had no issues. Buying the barebones kit and getting the RAM and storage separately can work out cheaper than buying it includes, but you run the risk of compatibility issues. You need to buy your own RAM and mSATA storage. The barebones Protectli Vault is a fantastic piece of kit for anyone getting in to building their own firewall / router. Recensito nel Regno Unito □□ il 26 novembre 2022 If it continues to be reliable, over some years, I shall I've now run the FW4B as a domestic router for 3 weeks and it has been entirely No problems and the FW4B mostly loafs along at less than 1% cpu usage running I've added a few plugins for extra features with OPNsense proved straightforward to install on the FW4B, no more difficult than A big plus for Protectli is the onlineĭocumentation, which clearly took me through these setup procedures. I had to buy a keyboard as the alternative The FW4B needed RAMĪdding which was slightly fiddly to locate, SSD adding which was simple and a ![]() Heatsink rather than being the latest router fashion. On unboxing, it has to be said the FW4B did look workmanlike enclosed in a ![]() FreeBSD appeared unlikely to support wifi no problem for me as I run Looked for a different solution and spotted OPNsense as being useful for me.īeing based FreeBSD, OPNsense has limited hardware support and that was the keyĬriterion for selecting the Protectli FW4B - it was designed to work with Stopping development and no doubt soon stopping support of my latest router, I Of routers, I've come from well known hardware flashed with enthusiast software Unlike previous reviewers, I am a home enthusiast for tech stuff.
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