Good enough config?
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Hi guys.
I plan to build a PC for use with pfSense, please see below the configuration that I have available (some parts already have them, some parts already bought and about to get delivered). My local ISP is giving me a 1Gb download / 500 Mb upload line on PPPOE through a Huawei modem/router that I can put in bridge mode. My plan is to:- maximize as much as possible what I’m getting now from the ISP, meaning retaining the gigabit download speed / I know that there were / still are some issues with PPPOE and pfSense and igb driver, as a quick and dirty solution I also have a 2 port HP NC360T card working with em driver
- deploy Suricata/Snort, pfBlockerNG, ClamAV, OpenVPN tunnel to be able to access remote the devices on my home network
- define subnets with vlans for different parts of my network (IoT, Guest WiFi, main WiFi, surveillance, NAS, etc.)
Do you think that based on this config I will be able to cope with all of the above?
Config:
MB: Asus P10S-I mini-ITX server board with 2 x Intel I210AT
CPU: Intel Core I3-6100, 3.7 GHz, AES-NI or I can swap it with a newer one I3-7100 at 3.9 GHz
RAM: 2 x 4 GB ECC DDR4
PCI: Dell Quad Port Intel I350-T4 -
The single queue PPPoE restriction is not related to the NIC driver, em is only not not affected by this because it can only use one queue per NIC anyway. For all traffic.
The PPPoE throughput you see should be near identical on igb. The single thread performance of either of those CPUs is good though, I would expect to get at or close to line rate with there. Adding packages may reduce that.Steve
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Thanks for confirmation!
