Anyone else running one of these? I’m loading pfSense into it now.
Hey @jlawrence63
I have not been lucky enough to work with one of those yet. But pfSense for sure, yes. I know I should be using OPNsense since it’s Linux based, but my favorite color is blue and beyond colors they are very similar with varying small pros and cons . 
I also shared my setup here:
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Keep us posted on your setup. Feel free at any point to share project in our Showcase category.
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I use a combination of pfSense and OpenWrt, and OpenWrt is running well on a Protectli Vault V1211 as a wireless access point.
@jlawrence63, how is your pfSense installation going on the VP2410?
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Hi Marshall (and everyone)! VP2410 hardware successfully configured, pfSense successfully loaded and configured. I just finished up getting the logs hooked into Wazuh. I now have an isolated network for the Homelab (though the whole house is my homelab!), there are two other networks handling kids (all over 24) gaming and IoT. I still have a ton more work to do in NetBox to get the topology mapped and Wazuh for log analysis. Once all this dies down, I’ll start in again on HackTheBox and TryHackMe. Busy, busy!
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@jlawrence63, I am glad to hear that the pfSense installation is going well.
When I bought my V1211, I first booted it with a Linux Mint USB flash drive and the live environment. I tested the various hardware functionality, performed a Memtest, performed a Badblocks against the storage, and finally performed a CPU burn constantly measuring the temperature. This was my first fanless small form factor machine, and I wanted to make sure that it was not going to overheat. I had a 120 mm fan positioned on the integrated top heatsink blowing in both directions to determine necessity. Eventually, I realized that the few degrees that the fan was cooling was pointless. The integrated heatsink actually works very well. Satisfied that the hardware was good, I proceeded to install OpenWrt.
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+1, also got rid of fans. Between the dust, noise and space used, the advantage was not great enough. Plus the needed replacements ~ 2 to 5 years.
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