GoWin R86s 2.5GbE and 10GbE Networking
Gowin R86S (aka GW-R86S) is an affordable Intel Celeron N5100 or Pentium N6005 Jasper Lake mini PC, router, and firewall appliance with 2.5GbE and 10GbE networking that sells for $310 and up on Aliexpress.
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Specifications
- SoC (one or the other)Intel Celeron N5105 quad-core Jasper Lake processor @ 2.0GHz / 2.9GHz (Turbo) with Intel UHD graphics 605; 10W TDP
- Intel Pentium N6005 quad-core Jasper Lake processor @ 2.0GHz / 3.3GHz (Turbo) with Intel UHD graphics @ up to 900 MHz; 10W TDP
- System Memory – 8GB or 16GB DDR4-2933
- Storage – 128GB eMMC flash, M.2 socket for NVMe SSD, MicroSD card socket
- Video Output – 1x HDMI 2.0 port
- Networking3x 2.5GbE RJ45 ports via Intel i225-V controllers
- R86S G-Series only – 2x 10GbE SFP+ cages through an NVIDIA-Mellanox ConnectX-3 dual 10GbE OCP NIC 2.0 card
- R86S P1 & P2 – M.2 2230 WiFi and Bluetooth? module
- R86S G3 – Intel AX201 WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.2 module soldered on mainboard plus two external antennas
- USB – 2x USB 3.0 ports
- Misc – Power button
- Power Supply – 12V via DC jack
- Dimensions & WeightR86S P-Series – 119 x 79 x 27.5 mm | 360 grams
- R86S G-Series – 119 x 79 x 41 mm | 460 grams
Models
- GW-R86S P1 – Celeron N5105 with 8GB RAM, WiFi module
- GW-R86S P1 – Celeron N5105 with 16GB RAM, WiFi module
- GW-R86S G1 – Celeron N5105 with 8GB RAM, no wireless module
- GW-R86S G2 – Celeron N5105 with 16GB RAM, no wireless module
- GW-R86S G3 – Pentium N6005 with 16GB RAM, Intel AX201 WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.2 module
Use Cases:
- Opnsense
- Pfsense
- Proxmox Virtual Environment
- Plain Ubuntu server
