Hi, that's too new to know for sure, but I do know that some users have successfully used a couple of new Avoton boards (Avoton and Bay Trail are both new Atom chips).
Realtek NICs are unideal for good performance.
What are your requirements? : UTM features used Internet connection speed # of users any DMZ or multiple LANs board+CPU budget
Realtek NICs are considerably slower as they have zero offloading and acceleration features such as Interrupt Coalescing, Checksum Offloading, etc. Not only does this decrease the network througput, it also wastes CPU that could otherwise be used for IPS, A/V, etc.
They sometimes have compatibility problems too. I'm not sure if they have VLAN support.
thanks for your reply. I think I'll try the GA-J1900N-D3V. If I'll get performance problems with the NIC, I can use a Intel Pro 1000 with the PCI slot.
QC 2.0 ghz..you may have a problem stuffing that 50 meg pipe w/ips on due to loading issues we've extensively discussed. How many users? What i would do is lock that via bios into full speed at all times. Then you should mitigate this issue..[:)]
I don't know exactly how well they will perform compared to an i3 for example, but they will certainly be slower. You might find that it cannot do 50mpbs for a single user (if you care).
Re NICs: All Intel NICs that I know of are supported. The 'Pro 1000' is a large series, but they are all excellent.
Even the $20 Intel desktop PCI NICs are OK (certainly better than Realtek, et al.)
5 users, some smartphones... that shouldn't be a problem for the j1900. It seems to be the best compromise regarding to price, power consumption and speed. The J1900 has a TDP of 10 W, and it's a SoC...
And if the Realtek doesn't work right or performance is too bad, this one from Intel should be ok:
Intel PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter, 2x 1000Base-T, PCI-X 133MHz, low profile (PWLA8492MT) with Intel 82546EB chipset
Alternative would be a 1155 or 1150 board with something like a Intel Pentium G2030 or Intel Pentium G3220, I don't think a core i3 is for the requied amount of user necessary.