HUNSN 1U Cabinet Firewall Appliance 10GB, VPN, Network Rackmount, Intel N100, RJ54, 4 x 226-V 2.5GbE LAN, 2 x SFP+ 82599es 10 Gigabit, GPIO, Barebone, NO RAM, NO Storage, NO System

To start with - this device arrived to me with pfsense installed. I do not wish to run this and machine is set to boot to disk first.When I tried to enter into bios, there was a bios password. I contacted customer service to ask about why there was a password and lost in their translation I guess, they claimed that there is not a bios password.Instead of dealing with this kind of conversation I opened up the machine and cleared the cmos.Please note, "Hunsn" - in EU we have something called "rights to repair" which means that your chinese stickers probably saying "warranty void if removed" has no meaning. I can still claim full warranty on a product even if I opened. Obviously, if I would destroy it myself not knowing what I am doing, thenof course I can't do any warranty claims.That said, I installed VyOS as the operating system of choice. All network adapters showed up as intended, albeit in a strange order. I quickly fixed this.Compared to my N100 computer idling at around 5W, this computer will idle, without any cables attached, at around 24-28W. If I put it into a low-power mode in VyOS, for some reason, it increases to around 30W.This is quite a bit high to be honest for a low-power platform. I do not know if it is loss in the PSUor if there are other optimisations required from HUNSN.Overall, some benchmarking (I use this device as a BGP router) I can fully run routed traffic in wirespeedover the two 10GE interfaces ramping up the power usage with an additional ~5W.I also tried encapsulating using wireguard and reached similar results in transmission speed but to an additional +1-2W.Overall, I believe my choice - i3-N305/8GB/64GB is a good choice to give you a quite powerful appliance with your operating system of choice.But, the idling power is too high. Maybe it is a drastically higher idle consumption than my N100.I would also suggest to add an hdmi port since VGA monitors are quite rare these days (=I give this a 5 star rating BUT with 1 star deduction due to the high idling consumption.All in all, I recommend this product. It is a 5-star product to be honest.

I purchased two of these as low priced, current-gen machines, but for general-purpose, network-centric development use, not as network appliances, but they make for perfect routers. Good spec at a reasonable price.Delivery:The shipment comes from China via UPS and I had to pay import charges, but the supplier contacted me promptly via WhatsApp even before I contacted them, they were very helpful and they refunded me immediately.Packaging:The units come in bulletproff packaging (two units in a box fitting exactly two units snugly, sealed well enough to survive outside in wet weather), with each unit in custom, tightly fitting, padded box with a carry handle, holding the unit and an accessory box with an IEC power cable (I got UK plugs) and rack mount ears.Build:Well designed chassis, very rigid, with side dust filters inside (fine metal mesh rather than foam, so it will reject fluff, but will inevitably admit dust). Even the front decorative bezel is metal, which was a surprise. On the noisy side, especially the 85299ES NIC (10G version/SFP+) - the fan on that NIC makes a significant difference. But kudos for good cooling. There is a CPU fan and three extra 40mm fans at the back. Less useful to live in your office / lab as is, but perfect for a cabinet hidden away. Perhaps replacing the fans with Noctuas will help. The board has poles / standoffs for a secondary PSU, and the PSU sits in a nice, thick shield.Management / OOB:The serial port is presented as a standard 8p8c / RJ45 console port which is a nice touch, but the BIOS does not seem to allow serial port console redirection, so even for things like USB boot, you're out of luck wihout VGA. Boot loaders and kernels will of course happily run via serial consoles, but only when told to do so. You won't find any bells and whistles either like an embedded OOB controller / IPMI / remote video viewer, no sign of vPro either, although I haven't poked around enough yet, but my guess is no embedded remote administration. Again, this is not a server type chassis.Storage and RAM:These units come with mSATA, not NVME drives (Phison S11 SSD), but they achieve about 500 MB/s both ways, and the board also interestingly has an internal CF slot. Both units I purchased came preinstalled with latest pfSense, which was also a nice touch. The RAM is a Micron DDR5 stick.Expandability / PCIE:The PCIE addon in the form of a custom board makes sense for a network appliance in terms of chassis integrity, airflow, dust and whatnot, but it's limited to 4 x i226 or a 2-port 82599ES, and the manufacturer (CWWK) does not seem to make any other boards, but a standard PCIE slot would make a world of difference. The positioning of the slot inside (level with the board) means you can only install a very short PCIE card if you want your own. With some clever riser / extender you might be able to fit your own card in - unless their cards are somehow compatible with an existing mezzanine card format, but again that's limiting - it is what it is. The design also unfortunately employs a PCIE 2.0 switch ASIC for this slot, so if you are after some PCIE 3.0 specific features like I was, or PCIE 3.0 speeds, like running a 40GE NIC, this is not for you. The embedded NICs and the root are PCIE 3.0.Extras:The motherboard has HDMI and an audio headers, and the rear panel where the VGA port is, actually is pre-cut for both (behind a sticker), so you can remove the sticker, pop out the cutouts and install HDMI and audio bulkheads. There's also an internal 2-port USB 2.0 wart on the board, useful for a dongle of some kind or a recovery USB boot medium - and as another reviewer points out, the bottom port is obscured a little - not an issue really.Overall, with some caveats that may only be relevant to me, I'm happy with the purchase. It's a solid, modern platform that will serve your home or lab or office for ages, assuming the thermals hold out.

Bei der Suche nach einer Firewall-Appliance bin ich auf diese Firewall gestoßen, wodurch ich meine eigentlichen Pläne umgeworfen habe und mir erstmal ein Rack zugelegt habe.Lieferung: Da das Gerät direkt aus China kommt, dauert die Lieferung mehrere Wochen, man wird aber bereits beim Kauf darauf hingewiesen. Es fallen keine Zollgebühren oder ähnliches an.Lieferumfang: Das Gerät kam in meiner gekauften Version mit Stromkabel, aber ohne Speicher und Festplatte. Wichtig zu wissen, dass man hier keine M.2 SSD verwenden kann, die Appliance hat nur einen mSATA Platz.Das Gehäuse ist leicht zu öffnen, alles im Inneren sieht gut verarbeitet aus, auch Kabel sind sauber verlegt. Gute Sache. Der Einbau der mSATA und des Arbeitsspeichers geht schnell, und Marken-Teile werden auch problemlos erkannt (Kingston SSD und Crucial Speicher).Die Lüfter sind etwas laut, aber in einem Rack weit genug entfernt nicht störend. Wer es dennoch leiser haben will, kann die drei Lüfter hinten durch andere Lüfter austauschen.Der CPU-Kühler scheint eine Sonderanfertigung zu sein, dieser kann daher vermutlich nicht getauscht werden, habs aber auch nicht wirklich versucht.Der Start der Appliance geht schnell, Installation von Software mit Konsolenkabel (nicht enthalten) war einfach und funktionierte sofort.Von daher bekommt diese Appliance von mir eine klare Kaufempfehlung.

I decided to purchase this as a replacement for our office's router. Prior we had an ageing proprietary model, which was becoming unfit for purpose, particularly with native IPv6. (Packets would frequently drop, very noticeable in VoIP calls and video conferences.) It was also way beyond EOL, which would have failed cyber security accreditations, and a very serious bug I raised with IPv6 router advertisements went ignored for 2 years.The intention was to upgrade this to a hardware only solution capable of running OpnSense as a soft-router for our Internet connection, with an additional task of firewalled inter-VLAN routing (not at substantial traffic levels) in the absence of a layer 3 switch. The Intel N100 CPU appeared to be an excellent modern power efficient embedded CPU for the job, and I'd heard great things about HUNSN's embedded PC products in particular among various Reddit communities (r/sysadmin and r/homelab). The 10 Gbps SFP+ add-in card was also ideal for our 10 Gbps backbone switches. While this may seem overkill for an office with just a dozen people, our business revolves around digital web services with reasonable justifications for a product that works above what I'd consider typical ISP issued SOHO routers but without the price tag of a roaring enterprise mega solution.HUNSN's customer support had also been very responsive to my pre-purchase queries on technical details, and very open to providing me with detailed information, specifications, and board photos. (Thanks Elena!) This became a very well informed purchase decision.This product has fit our purpose substantially well. The hardware quality is really good for its value, everything* seems to be well designed and made with nice materials, and cables tied up tidily. OpnSense was very easy to install with no additional drivers needed for the Intel I226-V and Intel 82599ES NICs. These were immediately detected as interfaces "igc0-3" and "ix0-1" respectively. The fan noise levels are very acceptable for a typical rack cabinet installation placed its own room. You probably wouldn't want to be in the same room, they're tuned more towards airflow than quietness, which is fine by me. The side ventilation has dust filters, easy to slide out for an rarely needed clean.*Perhaps one quirk is that one of the internal USB 2.0 ports can't be used because a tall IC is blocking it, though perhaps a non-issue for most as you could use a hub in the top port, or use the two USB 2.0 headers on the mainboard to get 4 more ports. (This doesn't bother me, it's just something I noticed.)One possible improvement would be to perhaps have a USB 2.0 port mounted next to the VGA port for people wishing to manage this on via KVM. That's probably quite a niche requirement as I expect many network administrators (myself included) would typically go for an RS232 option, of which you have 2 ports available. (One built-in and a COM header.) The case has punch-outs available on the back panel so you could mount your own USB port next to the VGA port if you wanted this, or a DB9 port if you prefer.After deployment our team has noticed a significant improvement in connection quality, both internally and externally. Voice calls, video conferences, webinars, and podcasts flow significantly smoother, and don't seem to be impacted by other people doing large transfers in parallel. (OpnSense balancing traffic very well.) On the days that most of us work remotely VPN access is also much smoother for reaching internal servers.I'd definitely buy a HUNSN product again, and am considering one of their smaller models as an upgrade for homelab use.Photos described:--Front and top view(The HUNSN RJ54 sticker was added by me.)--Rear and top view--Side view (x2)--Inside view (whole)--Inside view- Space to mount 1x 2.5" storage at the top right, possibly 3.5" too- PSU at the top left- 3x 80mm fans, acceptable noise for a cabinet install- Looks like the case has potential punch-outs for another C13 AC input (redundant PSU?) and RS232 or USB port--Mainboard view (whole)--Mainboard view- 12V DC inputs (clearance is likely too narrow to use the barrel jack without unmounting the mainboard first)- EDP header- VGA header (populated)--Mainboard view- HDMI header- CPU_FAN1 header (populated)- TPM 2.0 (14-pin SPI) header (populated)--Mainboard viewUpper left:- CPU_FAN header (populated)- TPM 2.0 (14-pin SPI) header (populated)- CMOS clear jumperUpper middle:- SIM slot for LTE- CF slot (behind)- Mini PCI-E slot (left) for LTE NIC (can probably host a Wi-Fi module too)- Mini PCI-E slot (right) for mSATA storage- Both mini PCI-E slots have just 1 screw hold each, seems to be fine thoughUpper right:- Auto power-on jumper- Front panel I/O header- SATA power header- SATA portLower left:- USB 2.0 headerLower right:- PCI-E 8x slot (populated with 2xSFP+ NIC daughterboard)--Mainboard view- SYS_FAN1 header- GPIO header- RS232 (COM1) header--Mainboard viewLeft:- DDR5 SODIMM module (compatible with DDR4 too)Middle:- Buzzer- 2x USB 2.0 headers- Not sure what the white header is forRight:- 2x SFP+ NIC daughterboard--Mainboard viewI noticed that the lower internal USB 2.0 port is somewhat obstructed by a tall IC. Not a big problem though as there are 2x USB 2.0 headers elsewhere. (Or you could use a USB 2.0 hub in the higher port.)