[TriLUG] Using a Single Board Computer for a network appliance

[Chris Bickhaus via TriLUG]

> I looked for a bit
> a few months ago, but none of Ubiquiti's unifi controlled routers would
> handle a gigabit uplink. 

Ubiquiti claims that the Unifi Dream Machine Pro can do 3.5Gbps with IDS and IPS enabled.  I think that may be bursts, but I have heard that it can sustain > 1Gbps with those features turned on.  I still have a USG3 though, so can’t confirm myself. 

Chris Bickhaus

> On May 14, 2021, at 1:49 PM, Joseph S. Tate via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 7:46 AM Israel Pattison <israelpattison at fanana.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> I’m on AT&T Gigabit Fiber. My gateway is in pass through mode, and my
>> router is a ubiquity edge router. I serve DNS and DHCP from Pi-Hole running
>> on a Raspberry Pi 4B 8 GB SBC. I also have a Pi 4B running Zabbix for
>> network monitoring and a third Pi running Home Assistant for automation. My
>> home address, date of birth, SSN, and External IP address are…
>> 
> 
> How much throughput are you getting on the Edge Router? Which model? My
> understanding was that their entry level routers top out at about 600Mbps
> unless you disable DPI/QoS. I've got Ubiquiti WAPs and am running the
> unifi-controller on a docker container to manage those. I looked for a bit
> a few months ago, but none of Ubiquiti's unifi controlled routers would
> handle a gigabit uplink. I didn't really look at the edgerouter series
> though as I didn't really want to learn how to manage it, and I'd already
> bought into the unifi system. It looks like there are a lot of new options
> now, though. Sounds like I wouldn't be able to return AT&T's device,
> however, so that cuts into the networking budget.
> 
> My pi 4 is only the 2gb model. Do you think it'll run PiHole ok?
> 
> I started my gigabit adventure trying to run passthrough to an older
> OpenWRT loaded Netgear Wireless Router, but it topped out at about 500Mbps
> throughput.
> 
> My home address has always and will always be 127.0.0.1/::1. YMMV.
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