Netgate 4200: The latest pfSense Firewall fresh from the oven 

And some extra fan like headers. Would have been so cool to have the m.2 ports over there

glad it was useful ! Actually the answer is YES. I played around with some nvme drives and was able to switch the os to nvme. It is a bit different procedure but it can be done without issues. I will need to reshoot the process and will post the how-to video most likely next week.

It's a little beast indeed. For sure there is room to add 10GB ports but probably not to soon since it will overlap with the 6100

That would be interesting to test. Unfortunately i do not have a 4100 anymore and in order to get a correct measurement the same watt meter should be used for both units.

I know,, they are useful but not everyone makes use of them in this price range. the 8300 Has a lot of them but that unit is too expensive to buy and tear down :)

@@TricksAndThings well the 4100 and even 2100 do have sfp.

@@EuroPC4711 I was actually thinking of sfp+ in my mind :) since the 4100 is EOS, then indeed the 2100 is the only low price unt from Netgate that has a sfp combo port. Not sure how useful it is since it's only 1gbps and way harder to work with than a plain RJ45 connector. Maybe for some legacy network equipment.

@@TricksAndThings well I think it’s useful if you have fiber because you don’t need a device between Internet and Netgate. But yes, it’s only 1 gigabit.

true.. a lot of free space in there. probably they decided to keep the power supply separate for easy replacement in case they break. I had almost all Netgate devices and still have a lot of desktop models. In a lot of years, I only had one psu fail.

Thank you for the comment and the feedback. I indeed noticed that the music is not well suited. Later videos have extremely low volume and will probably drop it entirely.

I truly hope that you are right and the device is so durable that we will get to change the battery a few times .... or it could simply drain it very fast .. hmmm :)

Unfortunately not. only 2.5 Ethernet but that is sufficient for most applications. For a true 10gb network I would probably go 8200 MAX (6100 on steroids) and up.

Salut, Netgate 6100 e cam overkill pentru HomeUse. Chiar daca o sa ajungă RDS cu liniile de 10gb, o sa avem nevoie de switchuri 10gb si ce facem cu dispozitivele wifi (ce sunt predominante acasa) iar apurile nu prea nu știu mai mult de 2.5g? Netgate 4200 eu cred ca este mai mult decât suficient si rămâi cu bani pentru un upgrade la SSD storage. NU recomand sa rulezi de pe emmcul intern ce se poate corupe în timp si nu poate fi înlocuit decât prin microsoldering dar sincer nu am curaj sa încerc pe un dispozitiv funcțional :)

@@TricksAndThings De acord, dar cum ziceam, eu am privilegiul să gândesc o rețea de la zero care aș vrea să fie cât mai future-proof. Cu alte cuvinte, aș fi putut să gândesc toată arhitectura pe 10Gb, de la router la switch, la AP-uri și chiar la STP-uri (care sunt deja Cat.6). Cu toate astea, 10Gb pare într-adevăr overkill momentan, și probabil că 2.5Gb e arhisuficient, chiar dacă vreau să folosesc 2 WAN-uri de la 2 ISP-uri diferite (care momentan au maximum 1Gb fiecare). Merci de părere! Apropo de stocare, am văzut c-ai făcut un video și cu upgrade-ul cu un m.2 m-key NVME 2280 (mă gândeam la un Kingston NV2 250GB) - se poate face exclusiv cu anularea garanției? Aș putea face asta mai târziu, atâta timp cât fac backup constant la setup-ul router-ului ca să-l pot reaplica pe NVME când îl instalez? Merci mult!

@@ViorelMocanu Pentru backup exista si varianta de cloud Backup disponibila gratuit pentru echipamentele Netgate. Din ce informații am, garanția nu este afectată de instalarea unui SSD deci se poate instala oricând (worst case nu e mare lucru să-l dai jos) . Kingston NV2 este super ok. Daca nu e deja cumparat, un 128 GB este suficient. Un pfsense Plus cu Suricata, pfblockerNG, openvpn si câțiva ani de loguri ajunge la 7-8 GB

@@TricksAndThingsExcelent, merci mult de info! Ultima întrebare: recomanzi să comand Netgate-ul direct de la ei, sau de la reselleri locali (e.g. romsysconcept)?

Best way din punctul meu de vedere ar fi achiziție locală si daca ai cum, pe firma. Câștigi TVA ( 19% ) ce este deductibil daca este cumpărat pe firma. În plus nu-ți bați capul cu procedurile de import, taxe vamale, iar daca sunt probleme în garanție, acestea se remediază local vs costuri transport pentru a trimite echipamentul în SUA la Netgate (Echipamentele cumparate direct de la Netgate trebuie trimise direct în SUA pentru garanție , nu sunt acceptate în service la partenerii locali ). Acum probabil ca este o diferența de preț dar trebuie luate în calcul si evenimentele neprevăzute. Orice ai alege, nu uita de instalare SSD (DIY doar sa fie :) ) . M-am lovit de emmc corupt si din păcate vorbesc din experiența.

The case looks nice in hand but I am also surprised of the lack of branding on the front.

Thank you for the feedback!. Once the firmware for the 4200 is available I will also flash some Nvme drives and try to extend the storage on both pice x3 and x4 slot. LAWRENCESYSTEMS will definitely do a proper configuration and performance test for this unit. Also looking forward to it being released.

They did a closer match to the old 3100 that is oriented more to home/ small office. Even if there is no m.2 behind that small cap, later in the video you can see that it has 3 m.2 ports. From those 3, 1 turns out to be shared usb/pcie x3 and the other is a pcie x4. Once i get the firmware i will try to bypass that emmc and install an nvme drive

@@TricksAndThings if an end user can painlessly install an M2, then I will change my feedback. Shame there’s no rack mount for it either yet. Thanks for this teardown.