Fanless N100 Industrial Mini PC Micro Firewall Appliance, 4 * 2.5Gbe i225 LAN Ports POE in Mini Computer 8GB DDR4 RAM 128GB SATA SSD, USB-C/5*USB/SIM Slot/HD+DP/Home Network Pfsense Router

This is a nice little mini PC, with the best thing for me being the ability for it to be powered by PoE. The included Windows install worked fine but I have since removed it and installed Ubuntu. I don't know if it has a fan but it seems silent. The case is like a heatsink and it does get quite warm to the touch. I haven't noticed any throttling or issues but it's probably best to keep it in a space with some airflow. Overall seems pretty good for the price, especially as it's one of only a couple of PoE powered mini PCs I've seen.

This device has outstanding computing performance for the price and size that it is.General home/office computing is completely feasible with this device.I use the Debian Linux operating system with the XFCE Desktop Environment with this device.It works like a dream!There are sufficient ports on this device for Ethernet, USB, HDMI, and so forth.I am very satisfied with the communications from Newsmay Technology as well, they are an amazing team and dedicating to supporting customers like me!Thank you Newsmay Technology, and I highly recommend their products to anyone interested!

Updated: I've dropped this to 1 star due to ongoing performance issues. This machine has gone down for unknown reasons multiple times over the past month, but the biggest problem is with storage IO delays. Using fio I'm seeing ~760kB/sec random read and 340kB/sec random write speeds....I'm not sure if this is the storage or controller or what...but this is terrible.Original: I got this to be an upgrade for my router/firewall with Opnsense and a few days in I'm not impressed. Does it run, yes, but performance is significantly worse than my TP-Link ER605 was, even without any advanced firewall features enabled. My Bufferbloat grade dropped from an A to a C by switching from the DR605v2 to this running Opnsense. CPU utilization does not appear to be the problem, at least when monitoring CPU usage.I've got 5 other mini PCs. One of them is another N100 and the rest are more powerful AMDs. It's somewhat understandable that the fanless would run hotter, but this is the hottest of all my mini PCs. I decided to add a fan to the top to at least cool it down some. I'm not sure if temperature is what is holding it back or not. The only reason I went the fanless route was for the 4 NICs, but that won't matter if I can't even get good performance with two of them in use.I've not yet found any shaper settings that help with the score but will continue to look for ways to tune settings and update this review if things improve.

I shopped quite a bit before landing on this one and couldn't be happier. I came from a custom 1U build but was disappointed with power supply options. This was the perfect balance of specs, port count, design, and price.No issues encountered so far, very, very happy with it. Massively overkill as my router, though additional plugins may properly put it to work.

Purchased it about a month ago. Rock stable, silent, zero issues under the Windows Server 2025 Standard OS hosting my HA VA. The only issue I had was with drivers: OS drivers didn't work out of the box and download from the vendor's site didn't work, so I spent a few hours figuring this issue out.

Fast, stable and easy to setup. I have to say I am impressed with this machine.I am using it in my home as a firewall device.The PC is fanless and silent, the aluminum case is thick as one massive heatsink it stays cool. Setting it up was a breeze, thanks to the preinstalled Windows OS.

I like fanless PCs sice they have no moving parts and are able to work for years in difficult to access places requirimg minimal service (just an occasional remote connection to perform updates etc). This one is the best I got so far. This is the first industrial PC I have. The industrial ones I've seen on the market before had outdated processors and as a result higher power consumprion which is important for my application. This one is among the best in terms of power consumption and the heat dissipation is excelent which is important for my application as it runs 24/7 at around 90% CPU utilization. Being an industrial PC this one does not have the usual audio output or a card slot or wifi or bluetooth but it has plenty of room for extending. You can put a high apacity SATA HDD/SDD in it in addition to the m.2 SDD that it comes with. If you need wifi or bluetooth there is an m.2 space for it and the antennas are included. For the wifi/bluetooth I got a NETELY Wireless-AC 8260NGW module and it worked right away. There is also a space for an LTE/5G module which I am still waiting to arrive. I've never had a PC with an integrated WAN and I'm excited to try it out! That would greatly simplify the setup in my application. I'll update the review when I get the LTE/5G module expected in early February.

I recently acquired a fanless mini PC gateway, and I must say, it exceeded my expectations as a replacement for my traditional PC setup. One of its standout features is its whisper-quiet operation, thanks to its fanless design. The abundance of rich interfaces caters perfectly to all my connectivity needs, boasting a generous count of 6 USB ports.Setting it up was a breeze, thanks to the preinstalled Windows OS. In fact, the entire process took me less than 5 minutes, making it an exceptionally user-friendly experience. Overall, this mini PC gateway has seamlessly integrated into my workflow, offering both performance and convenience in one sleek package.