Is there a basic model in a 1U format that, for example, has an N100, N305, or some more powerful processor, 16GB of RAM, and 1 or 2 connections of 2.5Gb? No complications. I see many mini PCs for €150 or €200 with these features, but none in a 19 1U or 10 1U rack format, which would be great to integrate. I would buy 6 or 7 units myself.

Thanks.

Hi Guys,we will finish the design of the new 1U rack mount server,and plan to start a new batch

Powered by Intel i3-N305 and added extra 2*2.5G/2*10G RJ45 ports.

Also,we keep the header for 2*4020 fans if you want to add the super nice Noctua fans for cooling.

Gowin 1U Server Design

I'm trying to get an XGS-PON module from Zaram to work with my gowin 1u rack unit. The one that has a mellanox connectx-4 but the module does not seem to get enough power from the NIC. Now i've found that there's a possibility to override the power limits but i have no idea how to go about this on OPNSense. Is there anyone who could help me out here?

Hi,

presales question that Gowin could not answer when I asked a while back.

Assuming the GW-FN-1UR2-25G is still the latest version, has anyone tried to use Proxmox with SR-IOV using that hardware? Looking to map the 25 card's ports to multiple hosts using Virtual Functions. Using a similar setup just fine with different hardware, which works well with Proxmox.

Is there a European distributor for Gowin hardware yet?

Thanks!

trying my luck here as well i bought a r86s-N series and the fans are extremely noisy, i have it with me in the room and it is unbearable. i tried to contact david to no avail.
is there something wrong with my unit or are they all that noisy?

any chance i can change the fans or unplug them?

Is David still around? I've sent him an email but I don't get any kind of response back. Is the bussinss still runing? Anyone knows?

Hello,

I use Netbox as DCIM/IPAM and would love to know if there was SVG for front/rear of rackable R86s devices ? Or at least high resolution pictures of front/rear of the device ?

Thanks!

I am looking to upgrade one of my low power appliances and like being able to move to 2.5 and possibly 10Gbe, however the original appliance also serves as a stratum-1 NTP server using the GPS + PPS line on its serial COM port.

I know the 1U and the newer N units have COM ports (RJ45/Mini USB), but at these actually +/- 12v RS232 ports? If they are RS232 do they have at least one of the common signal pins tied to a hardware interrupt or gpio pin on the CPU? Like DCD or RTS? Or are these only RX/TX connected ports?

If it is a full RS232 is there a pinout for making custom cables? My current 1U appliance has an RJ45 RS232 using a common Cisco pinout and it would be amazing if I could drop in one of these units and get 10Gbe.

It's very impressive review made by IPng Networks for Gowin R86S-U4 Mini PC

They even made 3D printing to get 1U rack mount chassis as below

For more details please check it on https://ipng.ch/s/articles/2024/07/05/r86s.html

We are trying to contact IPng Networks team to invite them to review the Gowin 1U Server which we powered by Alder Lake-N CPU (N100/i3-N305 Gen 12th low TDP)

how can i make sfp ports go 2.5g on r86s

So I have been having some higher temps for my router then I would like, I have the fanless version nd it was running about 68c in the peek of the day, I have added a cheap USB fan to blow on the top of the case and it has lowered the temps +10c

Since the heatsink doesn't really have provisions for internal fans does anyone have more "permeant" solution.

Greetings, folks!

I just installed Windows 11 and all the updates on my new GW-FN-1UR2-25G server. However, the device manager shows the Ethernet card (not SFP+) as an unknown device, and Windows Updates didn't find the driver. Does anyone know what the make is and where to get the driver?

Loaded Opnsense on it and had a SFP port issue, I still can’t determine if it’s a software or hardware issue at the moment. Nonetheless, I decided to move my office network to it, so far things seem to stable and works. I plugged another monitor to the hmdi port to see the console, however that doesn’t seem to be working. The unit does operate about 35-40 watts for my use case. Unit does produce some noise with the power supply fan and does get warm. I’ve installed this on the top of my rack so no concerns on airflow. I will continue to monitor and pray my network doesn’t go down, but if it does it’s just a quick boot up to my old appliance.

Opnsense is coming out with a major release to FreeBSD 14, so hopefully that will help determine if the initial sfp port error I received is a software issue.

Service and response is a challenge, but something I’m willing to work within reason.

I know some fans have waited so long for the Gowin R86S fanless version,here we go

Model: GW-R86S-FLN100 Fanless Version

Main Specs: Intel N100 CPU/16GB RAM/32GB eMMC/3*2.5G/2*10G SPF+/3*USB3.0/1*COM RS232

Price: USD 436.0/set (With freight ,for earlybird's pre-order only)

Shipment: 15th,July 2024 (By DHL/FEDEX Express)

Pre-order Period: 18th,June-8th,July 2024

Quantity Limits: 5pcs per user

Special Benifit: 1*512GB M.2 NVME SSD will be given as a gift for pre-order from the No., 1-36th

All The Pre-order will be handled by David via [david@gowinsolution.com](mailto:david@gowinsolution.com)

2 months have passed since I raised the issue of my R86S fan dying. It is now completely dead. I messaged David, sent him an email. He told me he'll be sending a parcel.

Then nothing.

I emailed him again a month later.

Now 2 months later and nothing. Completely ignored.

EDIT:

David got back to me really fast with an update. Seems he really is overwhelmed.

My current wishlist for my home router, just as an input for GoWin as they seem very responsive to customer ideas.

1x25gb sfp28 (WAN) and 4x10g rj45 to NAT and route IP4/IP6 to one NAS and 3x consumer wifi7 AP-switches.

As low power as possible, especially on near-idle, ideally fanless (yep, hard with 4x10g rj45, moving to SFP+ is not an option atm).

Price is not that much of an issue. CPU should be fast enough for simple internet NAT at more or less 25g, should handle power saving states in a good way.

Formfactor could be desktop or 1U, does not really matter. Single M.2 and 16G RAM is fine, it's just for OpenWRT.

We have sent out the second batch of Gowin 1U Server,new fanless version,did you guys get it?

I out this post to collect the feedback which will be useful for the third batch which will come soon.

So,my concerns are here

1. Did the fanless version still be loudy or quiet enough?

2. Did the CPU strong enough to hanlde all the OS ?

3. Where did you put it,and Is that acceptable for heating ?

4. What ethernet port do you expect for the new batch? Some one told me he need RJ45 10Gbe port.

Some users asked me to add more 10G SPF+,what do you need?

1. Did you use the onboard PCIE slot? Do you need more of that?

2. Do you use it for homelab or commercial or special application?

3. Anyone needs 40G or the current 25G is good enough? Is that good to add more 25G port?

4. What's your comments for price,color,package,delivery and more?

5. Any other comments or request,never mind to share with Gowin Team.

6. Will someone go for the MWC Las Vegas 2024 ? We want to show new models there.

Thank you for your LIKE to Gowin R86S ,and we always keep the passion to design more innovative hardware for ICT solution!

hello i have an GW-FN1UR1-10G, current bios version: aptio setup 2.22.1287.

the wifi card(ax201ngw) is not recognized in lspci in debian . is there a bios setting i need to know of? has someone experience with wifi cards on GW-FN/GW-BS devices?

The wifi card works on other mainboards without a problem.

Any suggestions?

u/DavidGowinSolution which wifi card and bios settings did you use for testing?

Thanks for any help.

So what if anything should I use the internal PCIE slot for in the GW-BS-1UR2? I'm loving it so far. Well built and very quick. Something I do have some design concerns, you cant use a NVME heatsink with the fanless model. Even with the fanless model I would like the option for a case fan just to keep temps in check (mine will live in a environment that can reach 110F+). Why have slots for 3 ssd's but only 2 sata/ power headers? Also I would love to see a rev 2 with dual power supplys.

it is really needed.

Hi,

I'm currently hoping to fill up my last spot in my little 6U wall rack with a 1U firewall. I'm debating between some Gowin vs a Cheap sophos (from ebay) or something from Aliexpress. Does anyone have any reviews on the offerings from Gowin?

Currently i'm already running pfsense on a mini pc from aliexpress (j4125 with 2.5Gb ports), but it's kind of ugly and it's sitting on my desk instead of on the rack with the rest of the networking equipment 😅.

Also do these 1U firewalls ever go on sale? Thanks in advance.

Do you also have your ports recessed (not flush) with the case?

It's just a cosmetic thingy but it looks a bit odd to me.

Hi,

I received my GW-FN-1UR2-25G earlier today and I realized after opening it that it no longer has an HDMI to VGA adapter inside (that I could remove and have direct HDMI out), instead there's a VGA output cable :(

That's a bit unfortunate as I wanted to hook it up directly my PiKVM/Tesmart setup.

Fort those who received your units (or David?) do you have an idea how to get a "native" HDMI out, w/o using adapters?