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    Can pfsense handle 10gb WAN?

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      VincentEmmanuel @Cool_Corona
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      @Cool_Corona Yes it's 10gb

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        Cool_Corona @VincentEmmanuel
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        @VincentEmmanuel said in Can pfsense handle 10gb WAN?:

        @Cool_Corona Yes it's 10gb

        What packages do you plan to run??

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          VincentEmmanuel @Cool_Corona
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          @Cool_Corona Suricata and pfblocker

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            kiokoman LAYER 8
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            pfSense can surely be able to handle 10gb, the question is on which hardware you intend to run it

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              Cool_Corona @VincentEmmanuel
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              @VincentEmmanuel

              Virtualized or bare metal??

              How many PPS do you see on the wire?

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                VincentEmmanuel @kiokoman
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                @kiokoman Xeon E3 with probably 16gb ram

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                  VincentEmmanuel @Cool_Corona
                  last edited by VincentEmmanuel

                  @Cool_Corona Bare metal. Its not provisioned yet so I dunno about the pps but my main concern is whether pfsense is able to handle the 10gb wan side.

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                    Cool_Corona @VincentEmmanuel
                    last edited by Cool_Corona

                    @VincentEmmanuel said in Can pfsense handle 10gb WAN?:

                    @Cool_Corona Bare metal. Its not provisioned yet so I dunno about the pps but my main concern is whether pfsense is able to handle the 10gb wan side.

                    It is. It has a lot to do with hardware. Minimum 16 cores, high Mhz and 16GB ram.

                    I run it on a 32 core system, 32GB ram and SSD but only 2ghz clock speed. I can push around 1,8MM PPS no packet loss and under 1ms latency.

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                      JKnott @VincentEmmanuel
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                      @VincentEmmanuel said in Can pfsense handle 10gb WAN?:

                      @Cool_Corona Yes it's 10gb

                      Wow. The only customer I've ever seen get 10 Gb was a major bank. Even carriers and ISPs max out at 100 Gb.

                      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                      i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                      UniFi AC-Lite access point

                      I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                        Cool_Corona @JKnott
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                        @JKnott

                        Gbit... not gigabyte...

                        @VincentEmmanuel said in Can pfsense handle 10gb WAN?:

                        @Cool_Corona Bare metal. Its not provisioned yet so I dunno about the pps but my main concern is whether pfsense is able to handle the 10gb wan side.

                        I use to run 32 cores.... only 8 now with the current release. (2.4.5).

                        32 cores was on 2.4.4p3 and it ran no issues. Lots of problems with the patest release and multiple cores...

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                          JKnott @Cool_Corona
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                          @Cool_Corona said in Can pfsense handle 10gb WAN?:

                          Gbit... not gigabyte...

                          I didn't say gigabyte. I said Gb, which means gigabit. GB = gigabyte.

                          PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                          i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                          UniFi AC-Lite access point

                          I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                          • RicoR
                            Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
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                            The XG-1537 or XG-1541 can easy do 10 Gbps.
                            https://store.netgate.com/XG-1537.aspx
                            https://store.netgate.com/pfSense/XG-1541.aspx

                            -Rico

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