Fastest Cheap 4x 2.5GbE Intel Atom N6005 Firewall for pfSense OPNsense and Proxmox

We finally get to take a look at the Intel Atom Pentium Silver N6005 4-port 2.5GbE firewall and router mini PC from AliExpress. We hope to show you the pros and cons of upgrading to the faster Atom N6005 from the N5105 and N5095 units. Note - some users have found some strange things in the first batch of these. Our units have performed fine but we have the threads mentioned below. STH Main Site Article: https://www.servethehome.com/cheap-intel-pentium-n6005-4x-2-5gbe-fanless-firewall-and-router-review/ STH Merch on Spring: https://the-sth-merch-shop.myteespring.co/ STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dryM09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ServeTheHome ---------------------------------------------------------------------- More Testing from STH Readers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are the threads mentioned on the early units STH readers got. (Bitly to the STH forum resource since apparently, YT does not like the URL) - Main N6005 Thread: https://bit.ly/3OxmYf9 - More discussion on the forums: https://bit.ly/3a2ayN4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 02:09 Pricing Barebones and Configured 03:28 External Hardware Overview 07:09 Internal Hardware Overview 09:23 Intel N6005 Performance and Networking 12:37 Power Consumption 15:55 Key Lessons Learned 19:18 Why 2.5GbE is Needed 20:27 Wrap-up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Topton and Kingnovy N5105 4x i225 Units: https://youtu.be/rUuaAPG0PxU - Topton J4125 4x i225 Unit: https://youtu.be/IJhlqb4iGn4 - Hunsn J4125 and i225 Unit: https://youtu.be/wUcDg_ms0is - TinyPilot Raspberry Pi KVM: https://youtu.be/l7i-hm_E2ls - Dell OptiPlex 7080 Micro: https://youtu.be/5mTUTX4QNkg - Dell OptiPlex 7070 Micro: https://youtu.be/Ozzq_99Z3kw - Dell OptiPlex 7060 Micro: https://youtu.be/RZMf_DnRvq8 - HP EliteDesk 800 G6 Mini: https://youtu.be/o416e0iyE30 - HP EliteDesk 405 G4 Mini: https://youtu.be/SFBpQJoU8L0 - HP EliteDesk 705 G5 Mini: https://youtu.be/IBY-C8Ym7wU - HP Not Enabling AMD PSB: https://www.servethehome.com/hp-amd-ryzen-pro-psb-status-tested-via-a-hp-elitedesk-805-g6-mini-asus-gigabyte/ - Lenovo PSB Locking Ryzen CPUs: https://youtu.be/KAVlHy05XzM - Lenovo M90q Tiny: https://youtu.be/GTl8fiKEr8g - Lenovo M80q Tiny: https://youtu.be/4_4Ulnfk0Sc - Lenovo IdeaCentre 5i Tiny: https://youtu.be/ztn7VjNzY7k - Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q-2 Tiny (Gen 2): https://youtu.be/Kr1tD6TEnek - Apple Mac Mini M1 10GbE Edition: https://youtu.be/4gXUfAgLKj0 - Dell Megatrands: https://youtu.be/dUVmDcv782k