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I have yet to find a better piece of hardware/software than the Edgerouter Lite / Edgerouter X for near-gigabit NAT, for the price. Sure, I could build somethi

by mrbill 10y ago

I have yet to find a better piece of hardware/software than the Edgerouter Lite / Edgerouter X for near-gigabit NAT, for the price. Sure, I could build something x86 that uses more power and costs 2-3x the price, but it's nice to have a single box that "just works". Every year or so I look to see if there's anything better, and for the past 2-3 years I have yet to find anything. I had been using the ERL, then bought an ERX when they came out, switched all my stuff (including ipsec VPN tunnels) over to it to "test" for a while.. and then a year later, I've not had a driving reason to switch back to the ERL yet. The ERX is flat-out amazing for ~$50. I have a system on the "outside" (static IP, hosted server) and then all my "internal" stuff is behind the EdgeRouter's NAT. Hence, the desire to have near-gigabit for when I'm transferring stuff to the server on the "outside". I like Ubiquiti gear; in fact today I set up a UAP-AC-LR access point to test against the performance of my Google OnHub, which is a year old and seems to be kinda flakey lately..

js2 10y ago
Ditto, but unfortunately I'm on my third ERL, lightning having taken out two others (North Carolina summers are rough). If I lose another, I'm going to switch to fiber between the cable modem and the router. I've already tried a lighting suppressor between the two w/o any luck. Anyway, great little boxes. I'm also very happy with the AC lite APs. Btw, I originally started with Vyatta years ago on a spare PC after outgrowing a SOHO router. I was very happy when Ubiquiti forked off from that.
throwaway2048 10y ago
PCengines x86 APU2 can quite handily do gigabit, including AES acceleration for stuff like ipsec and gigabit speeds for around $100USD http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm It also isn't reliant on binary kernel blob drivers to obtain full speeds, so you arn't stuck on old kernel versions in the future with known exploits.
- mrbill 10y ago
  I used one of their earlier boards, an ALIX 2D3, a few years ago before needing >100Mb throughput. http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d3.htm http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d3.htm

by mrbill 10y ago

js2 10y ago

Ditto, but unfortunately I'm on my third ERL, lightning having taken out two others (North Carolina summers are rough). If I lose another, I'm going to switch to fiber between the cable modem and the router. I've already tried a lighting suppressor between the two w/o any luck. Anyway, great little boxes. I'm also very happy with the AC lite APs. Btw, I originally started with Vyatta years ago on a spare PC after outgrowing a SOHO router. I was very happy when Ubiquiti forked off from that.

throwaway2048 10y ago

PCengines x86 APU2 can quite handily do gigabit, including AES acceleration for stuff like ipsec and gigabit speeds for around $100USD http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm It also isn't reliant on binary kernel blob drivers to obtain full speeds, so you arn't stuck on old kernel versions in the future with known exploits.

mrbill 10y ago
I used one of their earlier boards, an ALIX 2D3, a few years ago before needing >100Mb throughput. http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d3.htm http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d3.htm