R86S Soft Routing Multi-net port, Intel mini host N5105 N6005 8GB/16GB/32GB 10 Gigabit fiber port 2.5G (U3 Black)

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En el GRUB_TIMEOUT se define el tiempo en segundos que el sistema espera hasta que decidas elegir la opción de arranque siempre que sea un valor distinto de cero. Por ejemplo, nosotros hemos puesto 3 para que el tiempo de espera sea mínimo. All of the R86S models feature a PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe storage slot so you can take advantage of very fast storage especially when compared to the eMMC storage. Not all mini-PC router/firewall appliances are equipped with NVMe storage so this is a great feature that offers extra performance. When using a quality NVMe drive such as a Samsung NVMe drive, you can take full advantage of the PCIe 3.0 x4 bandwidth (as shown in the “Performance” section). Por eso nos interesó mucho cuando oímos hablar de la serie GW-R86S de GoWin se empezaba a vender como un potente Firewall Router aunque siempre se podría utilizar también como un miniPC, un NAS, etc. ¿No?.

R86S Soft Routing Multi-net Port, Intel Mini Host N5105 N6005 R86S Soft Routing Multi-net Port, Intel Mini Host N5105 N6005

On the subject of OS testing, we tested OpenWRT, pfSense, OPNsense, Ubuntu, Proxmox VE, Windows, and even VMware ESXi 8.0. A big part was we just wanted to see what would work. R86S Running Proxmox VE7.3 3 This review took trying OpenWRT, pfSense, OPNsense, Ubuntu, Proxmox VE, Windows, and even VMware ESXi 8.0 so it was a relatively massive effort. Before we get to that, let us get to the hardware, starting with the outside of the chassis. R86S Mini PC External Hardware Overview OPNsense is now installed! You can unplug your USB drive or eject your DVD disc depending on the medium used to install OPNsense since you will no longer need it.

GoWin R86S-N Networking

You will be prompted if you want to start the configuration importer. Since I am discussing a new installation, wait a few seconds for the installer to continue since there is no configuration to import. There was another catch with VMware ESXi 8.0. While VMware now supports the Intel i225 out-of-the-box, it no longer supports the NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-3. Given how much power the ConnectX-3 uses and the capability it provides, it is a shame that VMware dropped support for ConnectX-3. We understand that VMware is pushing new hardware and so it sunset the popular ConnectX-3 support, but the downside is that VMware’s poor HCL strikes again. Of course, we have a video for this review. That video also has a special cameo from the iKoolCore R1‘s new R1 Pro version. You can find it here: If you were hoping for a silent, fanless mini-PC with high speed network interfaces, it unfortunately may be difficult for a manufacturer to design a fanless mini-PC with 10G SFP+ interfaces because they tend to generate a lot of heat. On the left side of the R86S-U4 like other R86S models, there is another USB 3.0 port, a TF (microSD) slot, the power button, and the power LED.

Gowin Solution R86S-U4 2.5G/10G Interface Mini-PC Review

Normally I include an image of the traffic graph along with the iperf3 results, but I noticed the mere act of viewing the traffic graph actually caused throughput to drop to like 6.8-7 Gbps or lower! For more information about the OCP, I found this really interesting document from www.opencompute.org with a lot information. The R86S originally had 3 different series models: the “B”, “P”, and “G” series. Within each series there were various configurations to choose from. The “B” series is fanless, has the slowest CPU of all the models, and only has 2.5G interfaces. The “P” series has a faster CPU than the “B” series, a fan, and only has 2.5G interfaces. The “G” series has the same or faster CPU than the “P” series, 2 fans, and has both 2.5G and 10G interfaces. The higher end models of each series (except for the “B” series) includes WiFi 6 and Bluetooth.The Intel N6005 in this unit performed well. We are showing comparison data to our previous tests, but this is certainly one of the stronger N6005 platforms we have seen. 7-zip Compression Performance A few months ago, we reviewed the original GoWin R86S. It was an incredible little machine with a very different premise. Instead of competing as the lowest-power Intel N5105/N6005 system, or being fanless, or settling for a few 2.5GbE ports, the original R86S offered 10GbE SFP+. Today, we have a new version of the R86S-N that was made especially for STH. Since it is a special model, we are going to call it the R86S Pro since it does not have a name, but if it did, that is what it should be called. This model has 25GbE SFP28, twice as much memory, and twice as many cores, and fixes our chief challenge with the original model. Let us get to it. GoWin R86S Pro Overview I am using iperf3 to test the basic network performance. This tool will help demonstrate the raw performance versus the IDS/IPS performance. No IDS/IPS Enabled

R86S Pro is an Everything Revolution with 25GbE This GoWin R86S Pro is an Everything Revolution with 25GbE

Noting the top and the bottom of the unit, one may see fins, but this is not a fanless system. There are actually two fans. One uses the vent at the bottom of the above photo. The other one can see looking at the top of the unit. GoWin R86s Top Angle If this seems a bit strange, remember that the N305 has competitive performance with something like an Intel Xeon E5-2670, so there is enough power to run well beyond 2.5GbE speeds. The microSD storage only gets slightly above 20 MB/s so you can see the huge performance difference compared to eMMC and other faster storage options. Performance can vary depending on the type of microSD card you are using. El único SBC que se alejaba del resto de los Linux era el Zimaboard cuya CPU era un Intel Celeron N3450 Quad Core 1.1-2.2GHz lo que nos permitió instalar sin problema alguno cualquier Linux e incluso Windows. Ahora bien al venir con un almacenamiento en forma de eMMC de tan solo 32 GB en la eMMC no pudimos instalar “W11″ full teniendo que conformarnos con el estupendo Tiny11 versión mínima pero totalmente funcional de Windows 11 y que tan solo necesita 8 GB de almacenamiento y 2 GB de RAM.

GoWin R86S OS Testing

Let confirm whether or not we can view the card, and provide the slot ID where the device is located.