Qotom

Earlier today, I installed FreeBSD 14.2 on gw01. EDIT: 2025-02-11: Yesterday, I found out the gateway draws 22W. And yes, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Here’s the link for that hardware. Here are some of the photos. The system is very quiet. I cannot hear it from 10 ft away. First boot – that first boot can take some time. 1-2 minutes. First boot trying the USB drive. Selecting […]

Three weeks ago, I tooted about getting a new gateway/route/firewall for the home lab. After many fantastic suggestions, I settled on a Atom-based solution in a 1U case. It’s the “Qotom 5X 2.5G LAN 2 SFP+ Barebone Mini Router Q20322G9 with C3558 1U Rackmount Mini Server” as sold on Amazon and shipped from China. The unit arrived 8 days after ordering. It could have been 7. It was out for delivery yesterday, but