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    pfSense 10gbe vs core2quad

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      decoutinho
      last edited by decoutinho

      Hi,
      My CCR 1036 just died, and today I have a huge doubt, pay $ 1k on a new CCR or buy an SPF + card on aliexpress for $ 30 ( HP Duble SFP+ X8) and use an old core2quad q6600 with 8gb and ram 128GB ssd and as a router.

      However I am in doubt if core2quad is capable of supporting 10gbe?

      I currently have 3 internet links balance 1GB + 1GB and 600mb(failover),I used the ccr for balance and PPOE for a building near with 50 customers.

      Can core2quad handle this balance?
      My traffic is around 600~800mb with 1.3gb spikes

      $ 30 == $ 1k: C

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        Pepito Payet @decoutinho
        last edited by

        Hello,

        the quality of the products on Aliexpress is good?
        because I would like to order SFP cables and network cards as well but I am afraid of the quality because I would like to provide a good service.

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          decoutinho
          last edited by

          For the price, worth. All cables are uses.
          To find a new now is luck.

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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            The Q6600 will not pass 10Gbps in any test.

            I have tested one at 2.6Gbps in a simple iperf test. I would expect it to be OK at 1.3Gbps of regular traffic. Though the PPPoE means it restricted to a single receive queue for each of those connections. If you have em NICs those are single queue anyway.

            Steve

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