50Mb Sym Fiber
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Hello all,
I was trying to search on here for a 1U build for 50Mb fiber circuit but couldn't find anything.
WAN - 50Mb
LAN - 1GBNothing too crazy, possibly VPN later on. Most of our intensive networking is done on our other pfsense machine which is virtualized on an esxi machine. Cost, preferably under ~750 or cheaper if possible.
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An Atom has no issues with 50/50 firewall performance and will get pretty close on AES IPSec. Your best bet though is probably a box with an i3/Xeon and ECC RAM. Plenty of headroom there. Maybe an ASUS RS100 or RS300, they made some of those with quad Intel NICs. Supermicro also makes some appropriate boxes but the price is likely to be higher.
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If you are just looking to firewall/NAT the 50Mbps connection then, as Jason said, almost any current hardware will do it with ease.
Steve
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A D525 Atom based machine would provide more than adequate horsepower for your application; I'm on a 150mbps connection and it barely breaks a sweat!
If you still want more power, look at a Celeron G1610 or an i3.
For 50mbs / home use, you really don't need more than that unless you plan on running IDS and a whole pile of filters.
Your goal should be to find low-power equipment … you really don't want to be spending unnecessary money powering an under utilized server.
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50Mb fiber at home? I wish! ;D
This is for work. We currently have some bonded T1's for 10x10, however moving and also upgrading to a full 50x10 fiber circuit. The currently firewall is a small netgate and can work with the T1's but I could see it struggling with the new fiber. Rather build something that's 1U rack mountable. Anyone have links to builds? Like stated, Atom, 512 memory, cheap board, etc.
