Reddit reviews Protectli Vault 2 Port, Firewall Micro Appliance/Mini PC - Intel Dual Core, 2GB RAM, 16GB mSATA SSD
We found 6 Reddit comments about Protectli Vault 2 Port, Firewall Micro Appliance/Mini PC - Intel Dual Core, 2GB RAM, 16GB mSATA SSD. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
THE VAULT: Secure your network with a compact, fanless & silent firewall. Comes with US-based Support & 30-day money back guarantee!CPU: Intel Dual Core Celeron J1800, 64 bit, 2.4GHz, 2MB L2 CachePORTS: 2x Intel Gigabit Ethernet NIC ports, 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, 1x RJ-45 COM, 1x VGACOMPONENTS: 2GB DDR3 RAM, 16GB mSATA SSDCOMPATIBILITY: No OS pre-installed. All hardware tested with pfSense, untangle, OPNsense and other popular open-source software solutions.
For me pfsense is everything I wanted edgerouter to be. The thing I like best about it is the vpn functionality. I was never able to get edgerouter working quite right. I bought this box from amazon and it works great. https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Micro-Appliance-Gigabit-Intel/dp/B01KLEI1MI/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1497621924&sr=8-13&keywords=pfsense
Hmm apparently that one has a similar case but different guts than mine because mine definitely has Intel NICs. I just looked up the one I have, it's a bit more expensive though: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KLEI1MI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Pfsense; https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KLEI1MI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
CenturyLink does consumer internet now?
> Could you give me an example link?
Sure, try this. There are a lot of things like this on Amazon, it's basically just a tiny NUC PC with multiple network ports. There are a lot of them available, some are barebones (add your own RAM and SSD), some come ready to use out with RAM and SSD pre-installed. Some have two Ethernet ports, some have four, some have one.
In general they make pretty good pfSense firewalls. You hook them up to a monitor+keyboard, then download the normal pfSense community edition installer, put that on a USB stick, and boot the little thing from that USB stick. It then installs pfSense onto the internal SSD on the machine, and then you have a firewall :)
It's usually better to buy a real pfSense unit as that helps support the project and the developers, but when cost is the absolute primary concern, these little things are a decent option.
> But to have to spend $370 (+ship) ... for just a one person apartment seems like overkill - unless that Linkys WRT is so compromised (security wise) that it doesn't matter what firmware I run.
I don't think that's a realistic concern. While it is (theoretically) possible that there's some kind of hardware backdoor or bootloader virus in the WRT, this seems highly unlikely. If you're just a normal user who wants to stay private, the WRT with DD-WRT or Tomato is fine. If you are worried about being actively targeted by state actors, then $400 of hardware is (or should be) the least of your concerns.
So it sounds like your plan should be just buy the WRT and reflash it :)
Is there some reason this won't work better?
So I had this use case come up recently - I picked up a set of google wifi devices to replace ISP-provided router, only to realize that I hadn’t done my homework on what they do and do not, do.
Anyhow, picked up this guy and plused it up to 8gb: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KLEI1MI/
My requirements also involved a small footprint, low noise, and something that would be okay to have visible from the living room, so this did the trick. You can likely find something cheaper with the same specs.
I’m able to run pfsense on this hardware with DHCP, DNS, and suricata in-line at very low CPU usage on a world-facing port. Also shipping log collection off to another solution. Will probably spin up openvpn shortly.
Let me know if I can answer anything from the other side of your use case!