Pros & Cons
Pros
Gk55 is at a good price compared to other mini pcs, especially if you are looking for dual gigabit ethernet ports. G wifi is twenty years behind the times. The gk 55 has two ethernet ports, whereas the gkmini has only one ethernet port.
Highlights
Quality
With the gk55 as my new firewall/router, i can now achieve this full speed on my local network.
I run a total of twelve beelink mini pcs as my internet platform, and i am satisfied with their performance.
Note: a lot of people are confusing the gk55 mini pc with the gkmini since they have the same celeron j4125 processor.
Overall, the box works just fine but the wifi is the weakest part.
Price
Very nice for the price, i have a 256g version.
Packaging/appearance
Guess it's time to pop out the msata (takes a m.
It was a little tricky since the driver package now seems to be missing from the pfsense repository.
Competitiveness
The j4125 processor ranks among or higher than many other processors used in mini pcs at this price point.
Didn't even choke even when i make it run a 2160p high bit rate hdr .
5bg by shutting off win10 junk, almost on par with windows 7.
2 sata3 slot with 128gb installed (also offered with 256gb).
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I formatted over the included windows 11 partition since i will never be using it
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I first ran pfsense version 2
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Txz to find out how to get around this issue by installing from a different repository
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Local” file which you can easily do through the pfsense web console under diagnostics gt edit file