max number of ipsec tunnels for c3758 processor
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Hello,
May i know please what is the maximum number of concurrent ipsec tunnels this processor can handle. (XG-7100 1U)
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The processor is a C3558, same as in the SG-5100: https://www.netgate.com/solutions/pfsense/xg-7100-1u.html
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so okay in the case of xg-7100 1u, what could be the max concurrent ipsec tunnels
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I would think you could have potentially several dozen, perhaps more, with the limitation being bandwidth utilization. That's just a guess though.
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the plan is for minimum of 32 ipsec tunnels concurrent.
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It depends on what they are doing.
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IOW the limitation is likely not the number of IPsec tunnels, but the total amount of traffic they carry, which will run into bandwidth limits or CPU encryption/decryption capacity limits, whichever comes first. You can realistically expect 400-900 Mbps of total encrypted traffic on that box, depending on traffic complexity. Hope this helps.
