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    Vpn hardware - silicom PXS2510 any experience ?

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    • S
      stanners
      last edited by

      Hi
      I Was thinking about building a box with a Silicom PXS2510,  its based on the Broadcom BCM5825. Should this be a problem in 2.0.1? Has anyone tried it ? The broadcom chip is on the hcl and the specs look pretty good.

      IPSec 3DES with HMAC-MD5-96 or HMAC-SHA-1-96
      900 Mbps

      IPSec AES 128-bit key with HMAC-MD5-96 0r HMAC-SHA-1-96
      1000 Mbps

      I was going to tie all of this together with  a
      Core 2 Quad 2.66
      4GB ram
      32gb SSD
      and dual intel 1gbe

      Would /Should I get aes 256 throughput above 700mbit if the card works ?

      VPN throughput requirement is high due to wanting to synchronous  replication between datacenters without the cost of a dedicated circuit.

      Any thought or comments most welcome.

      Thanks.

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      • dotdashD
        dotdash
        last edited by

        The 5825 hardware should be supported by the ubsec driver.
        I used a 5821 in 1.2.3, but I have not tried the 5825. The cpu should not be a factor in your encryption speed, as it will be handled by the card.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          This is still noted on the man page:

          The AES capability of the BCM5823 is not yet supported; it is awaiting public disclosure of programming information from Broadcom.

          Not sure if that applies to the 5825 also but it could. Not really a problem though unless you can't use 3DES for some reason.

          Steve

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