[ale] Router Recommendations?

[Dustin Priest]

I'd go with the pfSense unit, personally, if for no other reason than I 
have experience with it and I know it will handle whatever I need it to 
do. No clue about the Edgerouter.


On 2/10/2017 11:55 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got my fiber upgrade installed the other day and it looks like my poor
> Mikrotik router just can't keep up.  When I connect my laptop directly
> to my AT&T router speedtest.net gives me 500/950 (don't ask me why it's
> only getting 500 down -- I plan to ask).  However, when I connect
> through my Mikrotik I get limited to about 150-200 up/down.
>
> So I'm looking to replace the Mikrotik, but looking for suggestions.
> The two options I'm considering at the moment are a Ubiquiti Edgerouter
> Pro 8 [0] for $316, or pfSense installed on a 4x1Gb quad-core celeron[1]
> with 8G RAM and 64G mSATA SSD for $310.
>
> My requirements:
>
> 1) sustained 1Gbps throughput, even via NAT, tunnels, or other routing
> 2) GRE tunnel support (used to tunnel my class-C network)
> 3) IPIP (protocol 41) tunnel support (used for HE's IPv6 tunnelbroker)
> 4) Some VPN solution (IPsec/OpenVPN/PPTP, for when I travel)
> 5) IPv4 policy based routing so I can route my class-C over the GRE
>     tunnel and my RC1918 network via NAT (I'm pretty sure everything
>     does this)
> 6) IPv6 policy based routing so I can have some machines on the IPv6
>     tunnel and other hosts on an ISP-supplied IPv6 network and ensure
>     packets get routed out the correct method.  (my mikrotik doesn't
>     support this!)
> 7) Multiple IPs (both v4 and v6) on an interface (I run both my class-C
>     and RFC1918 networks on the same LAN)
>
> What do you all think about these options?  Which would be more likely
> to support my requirements?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -derek
>
> [0] https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Edgerouter-Router-ERPro-8/dp/B00IA5J8M8/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1486741909&sr=1-1&keywords=edgerouter+pro
> [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MEGSMRZ?psc=1