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its kind pokey by freq and only dual core. its dual gigem intel at that. Can probably perform wirespeed or close to it with a simple rule set and no dpi. Three interfaces total if you include the wifi but no idea but looks like wifi is ngff so you could probably replace the card in there with one capable of being an access point ... so yeah it could run it and in some use cases its probably suitable. Even as a lightweight vpn endpoint I think it would be fine... but 6 RS232 DB9's... screams console server to me more than anything else even at 75.00USD shipped its cheaper than a pi with a usb to multi serial out adapter, case heatsinks etc. etc.. just a bit larger. seems like it would be useful for a remote comms box or closet management node.
Yea, I'm currently running PfSense on a SM X10SLV-Q with a G3460. It's as rock but something that uses a bit a bit less electricity would be nice.
The challenge is that almost anything in the 'seriously less power' range is also seriously less powerful in single thread performance:
Think I'll stick with what I have for now. I could upgrade the CPU but I see no need to do so. I've thought about putting PfSense in a VM but decided to keep it simple. Maybe one day the perfect box will come along.
