Editorial desk
N100Firewall Editorial
The editorial desk that publishes N100Firewall. It is a byline for the site's editorial process, not a person, and this page carries no author biography because there is no individual author to describe.
How this desk works
- Articles are researched from primary sources: vendor and project documentation, published standards and specifications, release notes, advisories, and measurements published by the people who took them.
- Drafts are produced with AI assistance and then edited against those same sources before publication.
- Nothing published here claims hands-on lab testing, benchmarking, or first-hand measurement. Where a figure comes from a datasheet or someone else's test, the article names the source.
- Corrections go to [email protected] and are made on the affected page. Funding is set out on the disclosure page.
Posts (4)
- setup
N100 Firewall Setup: OPNsense Install and First Boot
Installing OPNsense on an Intel N100 mini PC: image choice, BIOS prep, ZFS versus UFS, interface assignment, and the first-boot settings that matter.
- comparisons
N100 vs N305 vs N5105: Firewall CPU Comparison
Intel N100, Core i3-N305 and Celeron N5105 compared for OPNsense and pfSense: cores, cache, PCIe lanes, memory channels, power, and who each one suits.
- troubleshooting
i226-V Link Drops: Fix 2.5GbE Flapping on OPNsense
Why Intel i226-V ports drop link on OPNsense and pfSense, and an ordered fix list: cabling, forced speed, ASPM, EEE, flow control and driver tunables.
- hardware
Intel N100 Firewall Build Guide: NICs, Throughput, Power
How to spec an Intel N100 firewall: i226 vs Realtek NICs, realistic OPNsense and pfSense throughput, RAM and storage sizing, and real power draw.