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

[Reginald Reed via TriLUG]

FYI regarding AES-NI and pfSense 2.5 and beyond:

https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-2-5-and-aes-ni.html

"While we’re not revealing the extent of our plans, we do want to give
early notice that, in order to support the increased cryptographic loads
that we see as part of pfSense verison 2.5, pfSense Community Edition
version 2.5 will include a requirement that the CPU supports AES-NI."

If you end up going pfSense, make sure your processor supports AES-NI for
Intel/AMD CPUs.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Lee Fickenscher via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> 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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