Protectli Vault Pro VP2410-4 Port, Firewall Micro Appliance/Mini PC - Intel Celeron J4125, DDR4 RAM, M.2 SSD Storage, AES-NI, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD

Purchased VP2410 without ram or ssd and installed my own since I already had them. Using this as my home lab firewall. Very easy to setup but I had to use BalenaEtcher, for some reason usb made with Rufus would not boot. OpenVPN was easy to configure. Will likely buy another to make a DMZ.

I'm an advanced Linux user and IT professional so take this review within this context. Flashing Coreboot using an Ubuntu Live USB was pretty simple using their Flashli firmware and documentation. Installed pfSense 2.5 then reinstalled with pfSense 2.6 once that released using ZFS for installation. Really snappy machine and it easily handles 1Gbe utilizing the usual Firewall, NTP, DHCP, DNS, pfBlocker, HAProxy (I self host), Wireguard (VPN back into network, do enable AES-NI Crypto). Haven't tried any Layer 7 Firewall as Snort is single core and probably wouldn't perform well. This firewall can handle 1Gbe without breaking sweat so far. This router is solid, dead quiet, open standards, and a great deal especially compared to other companies products. Inexpensive TEAMGROUP hardware seems to agree with the router also. I anticipate that I'll be using this router until 2.5Gbps becomes standard.RAM: TEAMGROUP Elite 8GB Single DDR4 2400MHz PC4-19200 CL16 Unbuffered Non-ECC 1.2V SODIMM 260-Pin Laptop Notebook PC Computer Memory Module Ram Upgrade - TED48G2400C16-S01 - (1x 8GB) SingleM.2 SIII: TEAMGROUP MS30 256GB with SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC M.2 2280 SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read/Write Speed up to 500/400 MB/s) Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop TM8PS7256G0C101

It shows good performance and measures low temperature. However, changing the BIOS should be done very carefully. In the AMI BIOS, you must select Legacy booting instead of UEFI method, and then insert the Ubuntu Live USB to work.

I followed the instructions online (be sure to boot UEFI only) and pfSense installed with no issue, running and happy within about 30 minutes.

Realmente excelente equipo. Ideal para armar una bestia de firewall, IPS e IDS.

J4125 is a good processer for the application. You can find examples for much less but not any that i've found with Intel nics as well. So if you want to pay the premium for that peace of mind this is a good option.Im able to run proxmox and virtualize pfsense, unifi and even a minecraft server without it breaking a sweat. Great option for geting a overkill network setup or utilize the extra power and virtualize it and throw a few more services on top of it.

I purchased this device as my third Protectli unit to run as a PFSense firewall. I was having trouble with another device but resolved those issues before needing to put this device into service so I saved it rather than returning. Two years later I needed to prepare this for service and found it was lacking RAM and storage though it claimed to be included in the description - "Protectli Vault Pro VP2410-4 Port, Firewall Micro Appliance/Mini PC - Intel Celeron J4125, DDR4 RAM, M.2 SSD Storage, AES-NI, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD "Please double check contents before using or keeping. I am now beyond the return period and had paid $573.23.

If you want to install pfsense or untangle, make darn sure you know what you are doing. I paid 500 for a pain in the a$$ so I gave up.