Hi,

This hardware can do gigabit (wirespeed) NAT/FW

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016VHBA7C (tested on my home, using
symmetric gigabit line...)

but, I we use NetGate SG-8860 on our main offices:

https://www.voleatech.de/en/product/sg-8860-1u/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlbTj5o-o2QIVBJ8bCh1phgmKEAAYASAAEgKuzPD_BwE

Eero

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Michael Munger <mich...@highpoweredhelp.com
> wrote:

> TL; DR.
>
> On 1Gbps downloads, our pfSense firewalls are performing poorly with
> speed tests of ~400Mbps. It's either pfSense configs (not likely) or the
> hardware (more likely). I do not want to buy a commercial box. For our
> corporate network, we use HP DL360s, so zero problem there.I need
> something that is the size of a router, but can do 1Gbps with pfSense.
>
> Who's got working configs / hardware combos that do 1Gbps easily?
>
> Background.
>
> I've been using Alix boards (APU1D4 as of late). The problem is: these
> boards seem to top out at 400Mbps download. I have several clients who
> have gigabit fiber connections, and they have been complaining to the
> ISP that their service is slow. When they connect to the modem directly,
> they get 1G download. When they go through the pfSense firewall we put
> together using these Alix boards from PC engines, it drops to ~400Mbps.
>
> There are several competing "router boards" (Microtik and the like), but
> I have zero experience with them, I don't know if they will run pfSense
> or if they will do the speed. The Alix + pfSense combo has been GREAT
> for many years. If I change to something else, I don't want to go
> through growing pains since I figure this is a solved problem, and
> someone on this list knows / has a recommendation.
>
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