Is ASRock D1800M / Intel J1800 ok for gigabit NAT ?
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Link to official page
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/D1800M/Highlights:
- FANLESS CPU (!!)
- Micro ATX Motherboard
- Intel Dual-Core Processor J1800
- Supports DDR3/DDR3L 1333 Long DIMM Slots
- 1 PCIe 2.0 x16, 2 PCIe 2.0 x1
- Built-in Intel 7th generation (Gen 7) graphics, DirectX 11.0, Pixel Shader 5.0
- Realtek Gigabit LAN
Will this work with gigabit nat? I have 980 mbps down, 890 mbps up on average.
2 or 4 GB ram would probably be enoguh.While the realtek lan card isn't the best, I can upgrade to intel cards in the near future.
This is a very cheap mb+cpu combo, I can get it under 50$.
Thank you for your time.
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Also found Q1900M which has a Quad-Core Processor J1900 for a little bit more $.
Probably the quad-core will be enough for this? -
This one seem kinda nice:
http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=J1900D2Y#Specifications
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Asrock also makes a j2900 (little faster than the j1800) also 4 cores
Im personally using the gigabyte j1900. It was $79
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Asrock also makes a j2900 (little faster than the j1800) also 4 cores
Im personally using the gigabyte j1900. It was $79
What's your performance like? I'm interested in pfSense hardware appliance to head up my lab, but I also do not want to spend an arm and a leg. That being said, I'd still like to push some good performance with with VPN.
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Here's a test I just conducted measuring LAN -> LAN using TCP with iperf (I didn't tune anything, everything defualt) no encryption
Cat5e 6 ft direct connection (regular cable, not patch/crossover)
Test 1
Iperf Server:
My personal computer
Core i3 4130T
ASUS Mini ITX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards H97I-PLUS
Used on-board Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I218-VIpfer Client:
Pfsense
J1900
Gigabyte GA-J1900N-D3V
Used on-board Realtek GbE LANResults:
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Client connecting to 192.168.1.101, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 65.0 KByte (default)[ 3] local 192.168.1.1 port 47614 connected with 192.168.1.101 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 864 MBytes 725 Mbits/secTest 2 (i tried the -d dual test with Pfsense as the server)
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Client connecting to 192.168.1.1, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)[ 4] local 192.168.1.101 port 62101 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 5001
[ 5] local 192.168.1.101 port 5001 connected with 192.168.1.1 port 3927
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.0-10.0 sec 4.02 GBytes 3.45 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 0.0-10.0 sec 17.0 MBytes 14.2 Mbits/sec -
Thank you for the information nzimmers - can you tell me what version of pfsense you are using? Are you able to reset it without any issues?
I have read this topic https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=73518.0 and to be frank it scared me a bit. I am looking up for upgrading my dc2500cc pfsense with this but i'm not 100% sure the gigabyte will work as flawless as the intel board…