Would this be hardware enough for 1Gb fiber ?
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The memory "2x 512K" ... Don't think so. I would say bare minimum real-world would be 2 gigs if you don't mind being limited with it, and I wouldn't do less than 4 if the goal was to run packages like PFBlocker or SNORT. Checking the specs at Intel's website, it's also rather old, dating from 2011... and no AES instruction set either. I wouldn't use that after going out of my way to get fiber (wish they offered it where I was). IMO way too weak to take advantage of the whole point of PFSense; the ability to manage and secure the network behind it using both the built-in and installable tools.
It would probably 'work' but you may not be to pleased with it, and if you were thinking of adding any packages to increase the security/functionality, (isn't that the point, you could get an 'off the shelf' home router if that was all you wanted) you will find it severely limiting. It may not even pass a gig with no additional packages installed... But others here with experience with fiber gig service (sigh... one day...) can chime in on that.
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@Tzvia Thanks ! Im just starting with pfsense so any help is welcome :) What do you think of this with celeron N3350 ? https://www.winmate.com/product/exportHtml/EACIL20
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@tontze said in Would this be hardware enough for 1Gb fiber ?:
2x 512K L2
That's the L2 cache not the system RAM, that shouldn't be an issue.
I would expect that to pass 1G.
Is the provider using PPPoE?
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@stephenw10 No, dhcp
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Probably be fine then. I don't have one to test though.
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@stephenw10 said in Would this be hardware enough for 1Gb fiber ?:
@tontze said in Would this be hardware enough for 1Gb fiber ?:
2x 512K L2
That's the L2 cache not the system RAM, that shouldn't be an issue.
I would expect that to pass 1G.
Is the provider using PPPoE?
Oh, I missed that... so what is the memory amount?? I see it takes ddr3 so if you don't have much memory in it (2gigs would be a basic setup to run for example, PFSense with maybe a few lists...) it may be hard to find some at a reasonable price at this point.
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@Tzvia Yeah, it has 2GB. Maybe i give it a go and see how it performs. Is there any apps or such to do some traffic tests through ? That would be awesome for testing HW :)
Like looping through wan and lan to see maximum ?
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@tontze Install pfSense and give it a go!
Ted
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Oh well, default settings ..
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Running that from pfSense itself will always give a lower value. That looks to be using a server quite a long way away also. However that does seems much lower than I'd expect.
Try testing from a client on the LAN behind pfSense.
Steve
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For a sake of curiosity I had to try speedtest-cli from pfsense that runs on rubbish bin hardware from 2006-2007. The nominal bandwidth is 1Gb down/up. During the setup there are other family members in the network so test results vary.
It seems to give lower values than
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@matrikkel Nice. I took my system down. I was connecting RJ45 to it and allmost burnt my hand .. It was HOT. Even though there was very little traffic, but i quess HW was just too much outdated.
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@tontze said in Would this be hardware enough for 1Gb fiber ?:
I was connecting RJ45 to it and allmost burnt my hand .. It was HOT
Yeah that should never happen! Sounds like a hardware fault somewhere.
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@tontze said in Would this be hardware enough for 1Gb fiber ?:
@matrikkel Nice. I took my system down. I was connecting RJ45 to it and allmost burnt my hand .. It was HOT. Even though there was very little traffic, but i quess HW was just too much outdated.
Or then there is some sort of junction resistance, not so good connection in the rj45 socket. I think cable quality playes part in here.
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The current passed by Ethernet is very low, it should never get hot like that.
Perhaps you had Power-over-Ethernet configured?
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@stephenw10 said in Would this be hardware enough for 1Gb fiber ?:
The current passed by Ethernet is very low, it should never get hot like that.
Perhaps you had Power-over-Ethernet configured?
ah, sry, it was computer that was hot, not the cable :) That computer is passively cooled.
