Changing my apu 1c to something else, suggestions - 500mbit fiber.
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Hello good people,
thanks for fast reply. been away but saw the post now.
This is for my home connection, planning on 1gbit in a half year / year I guess.
They have just put everything up here atm and I couldnt be promised a 1gbit yet.
Yeah thats the thing why im wondering about the quad core.
Because I want to have a freenas aswell or server in my network as well.I need it to atleast push 500mbit stable. The router that followed delievers over 530mbit ( zyxxel ) but its optimized for 1 pc and several TV`s, I do NOT like the interface on the router.
Its very limited.But the thing is, I find it quite "wasteful" to use a tower pc just for using as a router. Living in a kinda small apartment so trying to save a little bit space and sound levels down.
Saw an upgrade package with i5 quad , 8gb ram - Going to order intel nics used from server @ ebay.
Suggestion? Maybe I just need to step up and buy a midi tower and just get some good hardware, kinda guess its good for the future.
1u server is out of the question because of the fan noise =/
- Lars
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Here's a thread detailing a 1Gbps capable build:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=45439.0
As you'll see the cpu requirements just to firewall/NAT 1Gbps are not too stringent. If you are running packages or VPNs etc that would put the requirements up considerably.Steve
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Would pfSense 2.2's faster pf be enough to push the APU1C to ~500 Mbps range?
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Would pfSense 2.2's faster pf be enough to push the APU1C to ~500 Mbps range?
450Mbps or so with raw FreeBSD. 400Mbps or so with pfSense (ALTQ has its price).
Might want to look at these in about 10 weeks: http://store.netgate.com/Production-Boards-C209.aspx
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As others have commented the 430Mbps figure given in the first post is significantly higher than most people have acheived. I believe most reported something around 350Mbps so 400 under 2.2 is a step up.
Steve
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I have a 1Gbps/1Gbps fiber circuit to my house. I run a 7551 currently (soon one of the ADI boards).
1Gbps/1Gbps is nice. If I ran an APU I would get less than 1/2 that.
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@gonzopancho:
1Gbps/1Gbps is nice.
Ha! I can only dream of that sort of bandwidth at home. :)
Steve
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I'm about to get 1gbit fiber at home as well.
I'll still be using the APU but with an intel dual gbit mini pcie card.
The measurements i did show me about 650mbit/s without any tuning.
I guess with the intel cards i should be able to use some hardware offload features. -
Impressive. That's running 2.2?
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Yes. With one of the early alphas.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=59555.msg405522#msg405522
I should retest this again with a newer version ^^;
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@gonzopancho:
I have a 1Gbps/1Gbps fiber circuit to my house. I run a 7551 currently (soon one of the ADI boards).
1Gbps/1Gbps is nice. If I ran an APU I would get less than 1/2 that.
How's the 7551 handle the gigabit connection? Is there much headroom left on the CPU?
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not a ton, at least, not the way I test things (very small packets).
