[ale] Router Recommendations?

[Alex Carver]

The J1900 mini-boards are well reviewed.  They use Intel gigabit
controllers and can push them right up to almost max.

I understand that the EdgeRouter Lite (three port unit) can also almost
achieve wire speeds and there's some tests against it, too.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/the-router-rumble-ars-diy-build-faces-better-tests-tougher-competition/

https://jakebillo.com/replicating-the-ars-technica-router-rumble-with-a-ubiquiti-edgerouter-lite/

On 2017-02-10 09:44, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> Don't use PPTP. It has been broken for years. This is well-know. Even
> MSFT says it shouldn't be used.
> 
> Also, I'd be inclined to get a minimal number of ports on any router and
> use cheaper switches if more ports are needed.
> 
> I have doubts that a Celeron can keep up with GigE a VPN. Most people
> seem happy to get 50-80Mbps over openvpn on lower-end hardware like
> this. I don't know of any VPN solutions which do much more and
> definitely NOT at those price points.  Would love to hear/see people
> with facts getting better numbers for $300 equipment.
> 
> Stick with Intel GigE NICs so offloading to the NIC can happen. Realtek
> and others just don't seem to work well, from the reading I've done.
> 
> Know my $144 APU2 box only gets around 650Mbps in lab testing.  Didn't
> test openvpn at the time, but other people with similar HW say 40Mbps.
> https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=108231.msg612643#msg612643 has
> some benchmarks for different ciphers.
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/10/2017 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
>>
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