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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Good enough for me.  ;)

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        Khampol
        last edited by

        @stephenw10:

        You won't see 1Gbps thoughput from an old style Atom. You might see close to 850Mbps with some tuning, probably not with Realtek NICs though. That's without any packages or encryption.

        Steve

        And You think u ll see it with an .

        Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1037U @ 1.80GHz
        2 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)

        …..?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Yes, though it depends on other hardware. Realtek NICs will slow things down. The C1037U scores more than 3X higher than the D2500 in a single thread benchmark, which is what counts until 2.2 is released.

          https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=605&cmp[]=606&cmp[]=1988
          

          Copy ans paste the above URL, the brackets screw up the code if I put it as a link.

          Steve

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            Khampol
            last edited by

            @stephenw10:

            Yes, though it depends on other hardware. Realtek NICs will slow things down. The C1037U scores more than 3X higher than the D2500 in a single thread benchmark, which is what counts until 2.2 is released

            In fact i do not have exactly the setup i posted higher :) … As Lan I have this

            2x onboard Intel® 82574L 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet Controler 1000baseT

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              asterix
              last edited by

              I just posted this for on another thread which has the hardware details that you can take a look at…..

              https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=86029.msg474387#msg474387

              The hardware will easily support your 850/850 bandwidth along with resource intensive packages fully loaded. I have tested the same config in a test environment and it used up the entire 1 gigabit WAN network (my test network is 1 gigabit only) and the CPU was around 39-42% with the resource intensive packages. On base install the CPU never crossed 20%. I thought of doing a 2 gigabit test but it wasn't worth my time.

              At current prices you wouldn't get very high cost to power savings ratio by going with the latest Rangley Atoms or 1150s, unless you plan to keep the hardware for 5+ years for the same use.

              Get the 3rd generation hardware for 1/3rd of the 1150 price and save some $$

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                Khampol
                last edited by

                very interesting post thanks! i will think about it for the office  ;D

                but in my situation right now its home and have place only for small appliance (mine is case:19cmx19cmx5cm) and widely enough.

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                  asterix
                  last edited by

                  This is at my home ;D

                  The mobo is micro-atx, previously I used a mini-ITX. The hardware is more geared towards supporting higher WAN bandwidth and the same time keeping the hardware real estate small and low power consuming.

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                    Khampol
                    last edited by

                    @Asterix:

                    This is at my home ;D

                    lol !  :o :o

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      I'm confused, you have a C1037U with Intel gigabit NICs?
                      You should see 1Gbps throughput with firewal/NAT then. Though I've never actually tried that setup myself.  ;)

                      Steve

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                        messerchmidt
                        last edited by

                        8 core atom supermicro board with quad lan: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SAM-2750F.cfm

                        OR

                        xeon 1230v3 and supermicro X10SLM+-LN4F: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C220/X10SLM_-LN4F.cfm

                        16gb corsair ecc ra (8gbx2)

                        pick a ssd, sata-dom, or small hd

                        300w-400w seasonic psu

                        pick a case a case

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                          iGamer
                          last edited by

                          This is what I'm building soon for Gigabit WAN. (We currently only have 107/5, but ISP is building a gigabit fiber network as we speak, should be out be end of the year)

                          Thermaltake Urban S1 Case
                          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133257

                          Corsair 450M 450W 80 Plus Gold PSU
                          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139058

                          Core i3 4130T Haswell 2.9GHz 35W TDP
                          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116947

                          MSI H81 mATX Mobo
                          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130752

                          4GB Mushkin Blackline PC1600 DDR3 (already have so not included in price

                          500GB Seagate HDD
                          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148767

                          2x Intel PCI Express Gigabit NICS
                          http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033

                          Total cost is $418 after shipping

                          Should be more than enough for your needs as well. which is why I posted it.

                          AMD FX-835 || 16GB HyperX DDR3 || 240GB Kingston V300 SSD || 1TB Seagate Barracuda || Zotac Geforce GTX 980 Amp! Ed. ||  27" Samsung LCD.

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