New hardware in 2026?

Antibiotic

Is netgate planning to introduce any new hardware for home users?
(based on new chipsets, new nics, new ram, new design and etc?

keyser

@Antibiotic Here’s

I’m hoping for a SG-3200’ish device with a low power ARM CPU @ SG-4100 performance levels and a SFP Combo port for WAN

ebcdic

How about a replacement for the SG-1100 with better quality storage?

keyser

@ebcdic That’s also a good idea, but please, no more units with one NIC and a switch only. It’s too complicated for those small installations to use VLAN “abstraction” of interfaces.
Also: it can cause issues at reboot depending on what and how it’s uplinked.

JonathanReif

@ebcdic said in New hardware in 2026?:

bout a replacement for the SG-1100 with better quality storage?

and 4 gb ram on top that.. i got one and it cant do anything but basic router.. heck a $49 TP link can be a basic router. 1 GB wont run the advertised IDS/IPS and heck it chokes on basic firewall functions. im actually really looking for something else and its only been online a couple days.. really weak sauce..

Gertjan

@JonathanReif

SG-1100 + 3 Gbytes = SG-2200 ! ;)
And some more LAN ports.
Afaik, same processor.
True, the price doubles as you have to ( ! really ! ) pick the MAX version.

luckman212

On my wish list for next year is a Netgate 6300 with:

Atom x7405C quad-core CPU (35% faster than the 4200's C1110, 1W less @ 12W TDP)
2x 10G SFP+ / RJ45 Ethernet (10/5/2.5/1G) combo WAN ports
4x 2.5GbE LAN ports
8GB DDR5 RAM
128~256GB NVMe M.2 SSD (user-replaceable) – no eMMC
Locking PSU connector
Rack or wall mountable (with optional kits)
10G+ L3 IMIX performance

Price: $999

edit: bonus if the case is made of any other material besides white plastic– e.g. black, blue, red, or better yet, made of metal

Hawkeye6805

@Antibiotic I hope they have a better line up for rack mount options.

AndyRH

My 7100 is a bit aged, the "6300" sounds good. No point in me buying a 6100 when it is more or less the same as the 7100.
The "No eMMC" line is a must. I do not want something that will not last a very long time.
I do not know the cost difference between 2.5 and 5Gb ports, but ATT (I am sure others) are delivering routers with 5Gb ports. To get the 5Gb crowd, a port to use it would be nice.

luckman212

@AndyRH The 10GbE ports would be able to negotiate at 5/2.5/1 as well so that should address that need.

AndyRH

@luckman212 SFP+ ports with copper SFPs? IMO Most would prefer native 5Gb copper ports and not have to buy an SFP. Actual support for copper SFPs would be nice.

luckman212

@AndyRH I'm confused. I did write that it would be nice to have:

2x 10GbE / SFP+ combo WAN ports

Meaning:

2x 10G SFP+ (cage) ports for fiber/DAC modules
AND
2x 10 gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) ports which can autoneg at 1/2.5/5/10

Guess that last bit wasn't explicitly stated (it's inferred) but I did update my post to mention it.

AndyRH

@luckman212 Sorry, I missed that.

johnpoz

@luckman212 that looks like a solid box.. I would buy that to replace my aging 4860 for sure..

I know my replacement will be rack mount.. I currently have the desktop model the 4860 sitting on a shelf in my rack.. Would like to actually mount it..

Moving to a rack was one of the best things I have done recently - so much cleaner sitting under my desk vs multiple devices pile up on the corner of the desk..

If putting together a wish list, those lan ports if multigig vs just 1/2.5 would be icing on the cake.. 1/2.5/5/10

aivxtla

@luckman212 The Silicom Valencia platform which the SG4200 is based does have options for an 8 core C1130 and SFP+ ports. I would not be surprised if they went that route instead kind of like they did with the SG6100/8200 route where they used the same Silicom Cordoba platform/chassis. Also a problem with the x7400 series is max of 9 PCIE lanes vs 20 in the C11XX granted it would be sufficient for 2 SFP+ and 4x 2.5Gbe ports, 2 more 10 Gbe RJ45 ports would probably not be possible with that CPU.

rgijsen

@luckman212 said in New hardware in 2026?:

@AndyRH The 10GbE ports would be able to negotiate at 5/2.5/1 as well so that should address that need.

I'd always prefer SFP ports. Most SFP's are rather cheap. And in our country most new fiber connections are unfortunately of the XGS-PON variety. Having a SFP port for WAN really helps here to dispose of another provider FTU box.
Internally, while my house now runs UTP, in quite some customer offices we run fibers, which would again require SFP's.

So yeah, a 6300 with 10G SFP+ ports at a fair price please

ebcdic

Or perhaps there won't be any new Netgate hardware in 2026. The FCC has apparently banned the sale in the US of any new routers made outside the US, and I doubt Netgate has the facilities to make them within the US.

See https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/fcc_foreign_routers/

luckman212

So I guess Unifi, Fortigate, PepLink, Sophos... none of them can sell routers to the US anymore? All of them manufacture in China/Taiwan... ridiculous

keyser

@luckman212 said in New hardware in 2026?:

So I guess Unifi, Fortigate, PepLink, Sophos... none of them can sell routers to the US anymore? All of them manufacture in China/Taiwan... ridiculous

Come on guys you know how it is: It's a matter of money and influence. I can assure you it will not take long for a few of the bigger players have payed who needed to be payed, and then they are back. That's the way the US rolls now - only the biggest and most powerfull players are wanted.
It's a twisted arm to force them to move production to the US, or pay up...

dennypage

@ebcdic said in New hardware in 2026?:

The FCC has apparently banned the sale in the US of any new routers made outside the US

Netgate hardware does not have built-in Wifi.