FC-POED Facet Card for fitlet2, 1 Gbit Ethernet, Network Interface Controller Adapter

I installed it according the instructions on the Compulab site.Installation was easy, but did learn that you have to use an M.2 drive of size 2260 or 2280, which is stated in the product documentation. I was using a 2242 and there is no standoff present for the retaining screw at that size, only the longer sizes. I had a 2260 on hand I was able to switch to.The instructions reference applying the thermal pad to the M.2 drive, but there was not one included in the package. The only thermal pads were from the original Fitlet2 computer and are already stuck on the original drive mounting plate. It doesn't seem to matter, but it would be nice to have a pad included to build a thermal bridge from the M.2 drive to the heat sink lid of the computer. I also chose not to screw in the two retaining screws that hold the FACET card in place because they put the RJ45 jack too far out of alignment with the case opening. I don't think they're needed since the case bracket will prevent the card from moving at all. It also runs noticeably hotter than it did on the external PSU, which is to be expected. Its been stable for several days now.I bought this to add a third interface to an OPNsense firewall and enable PoE. I was up and running in no time with this new nic connected to my PoE switch. You can see in my attached pic that the only things connected to this computer the yellow WAN cable and the blue LAN (PoE) cable. Very clean!FYI, If you don't care about the PoE feature, get the other FACET card that adds two additional nics (FC-M2LAN).

Great ordering experience with prime. Package arrived, went to the fitlet2 wiki and downloaded the PDF with the installation instructions. I was already running an FC-PCI card in the fitlet2 to use a 2280 M.2 SSD. Moved SSD to new card, switched the cards out, connected power cable from PoE card to MB plug and re-assembled the case. Done.Pretty easy, no issues encountered. Running this off a Unifi 8 port PoE+ switch. Switch shows a power consumption of about 6.5W during idle operation of the fitlet2. BTW it looks like the instructions mark the wrong screw hole for tightening down the PoE board to the main board. It is pretty obvious what to do though. Not worth deducting a star for it.As others noted, the fitlet2 runs significantly hotter with the PoE board. ~108F at the middle of the bottom plate vs. ~95F. Top temps are less diverse 105F vs. 101F. BTW this was not a very well controlled experiment. Your mileage may vary. But it should be a decent indicator how the thermals change when running PoE.Overall, very well engineered board. The mechanical enigneering on the Fitlet2 is pretty neat. Perfect board for running the Fitlet2 headless off a single cable.