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FG-120G vs FG-200G Noise Level
I'm thinking of upgrading my home firewall from the 120G to the 200G for the additional 10 GbE ports as I have 10 Gbps Internet and also want stateful LAN filtering.
The 120G is noise rated at 49 dBa and is quiet enough for a closet. The average power is rated at 38 W, which I measured to be 15 W / 28 VA (power factor of 0.56) when idle.
The 200G is noise rated at 48 dBa (1 dBa lower than the 120G) but posts about the older 200F say it's loud. I'm skeptical about the low noise rating given the average power is rated at 145 W and it has a separate X86 CPU instead of an ARM SoC.
Does anyone have experience with the 200G noise level end idle power?
u/MonstieurVoid — 4 days ago