Just because nobody is mentioning it - you can always build a pfSense/VyOS/Vyatta box in whatever form factor you’d prefer. Even can run within a VM if you really want to.
Regards, Cory On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 11:45 AM, Bryan Fields <br...@bryanfields.net> wrote: > On 12/25/20 4:52 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: >> For the home, if you're looking at shipping 10Gbps-based CPE's for under >> US$200, I can't think of anything other than the Tik: >> >> https://mikrotik.com/product/rb4011igs_rm > > That has 1 10g port. How can that be a 10g CPE? > >> They claim: >> >> - 2.6Gbps forwarding for 64-byte packets. >> - 7.8Gbps forwarding for 512-byte packets. >> - 9.7Gbps forwarding for 1,518-byte packets. > > so, not 10g :) > > Add in some services and I bet it goes down from there. > > The bigger question in all this if you're doing 10g to the residential user, > what are they going to use for their home router/NAT device? Even 60 ghz wifi > routers top out at like 5 gbit/s, and NAT at this speed means a powerful CPU. > > 10g to the home is a great idea to think about, it's just not terribly > practical for most customers unless they want to drop 1-2k on routing gear and > nics. This is always changing, but it's going to be a few years until we > reach the right performance and price point. > > -- > Bryan Fields > > 727-409-1194 - Voice > http://bryanfields.net
