Depending on pps an alix might be pushing it. In any event it wouldn't give a lot of headroom.
Soekris 6501, axiomtek na320 etc would be better, though depending on the environment a dell r210 or some supermicro box with core/xeon e3 might also be good choices. On 2013-02-15, reza <[email protected]> wrote: > Gene, > > I've used the PcEngines Alix2d3 board with Freebsd for a similiarly sized > office and had good success with it. We had a 30mbit pipe, 30 users, VoIP/QoS > and IPSec to our 3 data centers. Doing IPSec around 15mbit will put some load > on the CPU but it was able to handle it pretty well. I dont have exact PPS > for you, but it should be able to do 30mbit/sec easily. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 9:20:21 AM > Subject: Soekris net6501-70 as a router+firewall > > Is anyone here using the Soekris net6501-70 as a router+firewall? If > so what kind of performance are you seeing (throughput, PPS, etc)? > > I'm considering this system for a 30-40 user environment. It will > handle web, ssh, voip, and other basic traffic. QoS will be needed. > > Thanks. > > -Gene
