Re: [Astlinux-users] Protectli FW4B Quad Core Fanless Celeron J3160

[Michael K. <mic...@ip...>]

Looks nice. I like the fact that WAN/LAN ports are labelled and especially like the COM port!
Will be a little pricey though compared with the Qotom but may be worth it.

Regards
Michael Knill

On 2/7/20, 5:14 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lo...> wrote:

    A newly released hardware description and configuration has been added to the AstLinux documentation:

    Protectli FW4B Quad Core Fanless Celeron J3160
    https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:board_protectli_fw4b

    I personally purchased a Protectli FW4B (No RAM, No SSD, coreboot BIOS) direct from Protectli, here in the US:

    FW4B – 4 Port Intel J3160
    https://protectli.com/product/fw4b/

    $219.00 USD -- Protectli FW4B (coreboot BIOS) Celeron J3160

    $  7.00 USD -- Shipping (2-days from California)

    I have plenty of mSATA SSDs and SO-DIMM (DDR3L-1600, 1.35v) laying around to make it a system.

    If you don't live in the US, Protectli ships worldwide, for a price.

    The Protectli FW4B offers:
    -- Small fanless case, 4.5 x 4.3 inch (115 x 108 mm) footprint (NUC-size)
    -- Intel Celeron CPU J3160 @ 1.60GHz (burst to 2.24 GHz enabled)
    -- Open source coreboot BIOS (recommended)
    -- 4x Intel i210 NICs
    -- Supports mSATA SSD
    -- Supports Serial (RJ45) or Video (HDMI) Console
    -- Piezo speaker
    -- Power button

    No surprise, line-speed 1Gbps network routing.

    Additionally, near line-speed WireGuard VPN endpoint with ~40% CPU headroom remaining.

    This Protectli FW4B appliance makes a fine AstLinux box.

    The Good:

    * Great performance in a small footprint. slightly faster than the Qotom Q190G4N.

    * Protectli in-house QA, "Every device goes through rigorous testing before it leaves our facilities"

    * Open source coreboot BIOS

    * Protectli tech support was very responsive, spoke with Brent (Founder & CEO) and Luke.

    The Bad:

    * The only minor nit I discovered was at boot where a stray "l<CR><NL>" character sequence coreboot (sometimes) spits out over a serial connection, messing-up the boot.msg text.  I informed Protectli about it.


    The Protectli FW4B appliance has run solidly for several days, further updates as needed.

    Lonnie




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