[TriLUG] Gigabit-and-open-source-ready firewalls & routers?

[Lee Fickenscher via TriLUG]

We're testing one of these at the office right now:
https://www.netgate.com/products/sg-1000.html

Not sure it will fully saturate a 1G link, as we haven't tested that part
yet, but otherwise it's looking good.

-Lee

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Kevin Otte via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/numbers-dont-
> lie-its-time-to-build-your-own-router/
>
> On 05/01/2017 03:28 PM, Mark Turner via TriLUG wrote:
> > Hey there, fellow geeks!
> >
> > I recently got gigabit fiber at my home and to my dismay it appears my
> > TP-Link Archer C7 OpenWRT-loaded firewall/router apparently can't keep
> > up with gigabit speeds. I'm not ok with giving my provider's router full
> > access to my internal network so I'm looking for other gear that *I* can
> > control which might handle a gigabit link.
> >
> > What gear are you other gigabit users using? How well does it keep up?
> > Finally (and most importantly), can it run open source firewall software
> > like OpenWRT, DD-WRT and/or pfSense? Let's compare notes!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > www.markturner.net
> >
> >
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