Hi All,
A few months ago, I started a thread asking advice for pfSense hardware to support a 150/150 Mbps home connection. In the end, I decided to go with the APU2C4, and I've been very happy with that decision, until now. I figured that would hold me over for the next few years at least. But, as it turns out, Fios offered me 940/880 Mbps. Very excited! However, now that I'm running gigabit internet, it seems that the APU2C4 is only capable of around 600-700 Mbps.
So...It's time for me to build (or buy) something else that can handle the new speeds, with ease. My budget is fairly flexible, but I think if it starts getting expensive, I may opt to virtualize it instead, as I'm also really wanting to build a low-power Xeon D-15xx server for my home network and some labbing. It must also support AES-NI.
So advice for both systems would be greatly appreciated, as always. I'm not sure if I'm leaving anything out here.
Thanks!
A few months ago, I started a thread asking advice for pfSense hardware to support a 150/150 Mbps home connection. In the end, I decided to go with the APU2C4, and I've been very happy with that decision, until now. I figured that would hold me over for the next few years at least. But, as it turns out, Fios offered me 940/880 Mbps. Very excited! However, now that I'm running gigabit internet, it seems that the APU2C4 is only capable of around 600-700 Mbps.
So...It's time for me to build (or buy) something else that can handle the new speeds, with ease. My budget is fairly flexible, but I think if it starts getting expensive, I may opt to virtualize it instead, as I'm also really wanting to build a low-power Xeon D-15xx server for my home network and some labbing. It must also support AES-NI.
So advice for both systems would be greatly appreciated, as always. I'm not sure if I'm leaving anything out here.
Thanks!
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