Throw out your old firewall - ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 Nano - The perfect home firewall router

We’ve been on the search for the perfect piece of hardware to act as a dedicated pfSense firewall for Jon’s home network build. After searching eBay, we found the ZOTAC ZBOX CI327. Let's dig in deep on this little mini-pc to find out if it's got what it takes to make the perfect #homelab firewall! In this video, we run through the hardware of the CI327 and test to see if it's capable of running both of its NICs at full speed using Iperf. Is this the perfect little firewall? Let's find out! If you run into any issues with NIC performance, update the RealTek BSD drivers. Here's a quick how-to on it: https://www.ismoothblog.com/2021/02/official-freebsd-realtek-network-interface-driver-for-pfsense.html **PRODUCT LINKS!** ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 Nano: https://ebay.us/SjeuTI **GET SOCIAL AND MORE WITH US HERE!** Join our Discord server! It's a great way to chat with us! 🎮 https://discord.gg/5TcfBWBB7S Please consider subscribing! Follow us: 📸 https://instagram.com/2guystek 🐦 https://twitter.com/2guystek 💻 https://facebook.com/2guystek Visit our store! 🏬 https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer201709289 If you would like to support us in other ways, please become a Patreon 😁 https://www.patreon.com/2GuysTek **TIMESTAMPS!** 0:00 Introduction 0:23 Overview of the ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 Nano 1:56 Cost comparison to the Netgate 1100 2:22 Installing pfSense on the ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 Nano 3:55 Iperf network performance testing of the ZOTAC ZBOX CI327 Nano 4:33 Final thoughts and caveats of running pfSense on the ZOTAC ZBOX CO327 Nano 5:03 Closing! Thanks for watching! We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

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