Can Qotom i5 (Q355G4 or Q350G4) handle Gigabit OpenVPN/WireGuard?
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Hi guys,
I'm eyeing on Qotom i3 (Q330G4) and i5 (Q355G4/Q350G4) machines, just 2 questions for those of you who own one of these:
1. Can the i3 and i5 version handle gigabit OpenVPN, as in, can it get full gigabit bandwidth even with OpenVPN turned on?
2. What about WireGuard?
I was hoping:
a. pfsense supports WireGuard now, and
b. Q330G4 can handle Gigabit WireGuard, as it appears that WireGuard is faster than OpenVPN.Thank you very much!
P.S. I remember I saw some discussion in the "Unofficial Qotom Thread" but couldn't find it any more…
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Yes.
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Thanks!
Even the i3 version (Q330G4)?
That's nice, I don't have buy the more expensive i5 version then.
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You actually see that yourself @SammyWoo? I would be very surprised to 1Gps of OpenVPN traffic from either of those, especially the i3.
As far as I know the only way to get that would be to load balance across multiple client instances.
Steve
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An Intel Celeron 3865U @ 1.80GHz will do 331Mbps according to this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ3tdkiaAno&t=597s
This pegs the CPU at 50% load as OpenVPN single threaded
The i5-5250U looks to be a fair bit faster https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Celeron-3865U-vs-Intel-i5-5250U/3034vs2478
I don't think it would push 1Gbps though?
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@stephenw10 In your experience, without using load balancers, roughly how much bandwidth can you push through using either the i3 or i5 qotom model(s)? Just a ball-park figure.
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Having never even seen either of those devices I can't really comment.
There are other thread here though with test results.
Steve
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I do have i5 version of QOTOM box.
With single connection to provider like NordVPN i can go up to 300Mbit's (almost symmetric). CPU on pfsense seem not to be overloaded and it looks like the vpn endpoint limitations.
Mind that OpenVPN is singlethreaded. -
I'm doing 700-800 Mbps with a G4400 and a single VPN connection. I think the speed your VPN provider can offer is a bigger factor (PIA in my case).
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Just want to let you guys know: I have the Qotom Q575G6 with Multi WAN Gigabit and Suricata running. IPsec VPN brings the CPU up to 40% usage. I'm really happy with this device. It's running flawless and very fast.
