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Also I assume they are likely to offer beyond 1 gig speeds in future.

Apologies if I have missed this - does anyone know if the Hub 5 will support Link Aggregation 802.3ad? My firewall supports this but I assume the Virgin hubs do not as others are using balance-rr to go beyond the 1 gig port limitations. I assume probably not given it has a 2.5gig port but my current hardware does not!

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I *highly* doubt you will see 802.3ad support, even balance-rr was an undocumented and unsupported feature in previous builds. I think you need a new firewall ;)

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Plus I'm pretty sure I've seen a post somewhere that says it's only the 2.5Gb port that's enabled in modem mode for the Hub 5.

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Yeah maybe in future but for now to be honest I’m happy with 950 meg or whatever it is as evenhaving 600 meg was overkill for me anyway :-)

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What is the firewall? If it's a pfsense box or something with USB3, there are some reasonable multigig usb3 adaptors

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It is one of these - I highly recommend it by the way but do now wish they shipped with 2.5 gig. https://firewalla.com/products/firewalla-gold

Good company - lots of updates based on user feedback etc.

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Ah, they are using a Jetway mini pc, I have one.....

https://www.mini-itx.com/~JBC430

This one!

There isn't a similar model with multigig unfortunately, it is a reasonable cpu inside tho.

Edit: With a hub5 you could do the reverse of what I tested on hub3 and udmp, put a little 10g switch between them, 2.5G from hub5->switch, 802.3ad from switch->firewalla

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Ah interesting!

Yeah seems like they didnt expect much uptake of >1gig for their customers but as you say the hardware can cope with a lot. Definitely had a significant improvement on network performance by moving my Orbi mesh to AP mode and the Firewalla driving everything.

Cool - that sounds like a really good approach! Do you have any recommendations on switches to use? I have Netgear around my house but their consumer grade 10 gig switches don't seem to support link aggregation.

Appreciate the insights!

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I'd suggest this one

https://linitx.com/product/mikrotik-...1g-4s+in/15664

Obviously you can't get >1G out the other side of your firewall tho....

Another option would be this:

https://linitx.com/product/mikrotik-...9ug+s+in/16847

as it has a 2.5G port so no need for any SFP+ modules...

But, whatever you do, you might get >1gb to the firewalla, but then not sure how you will get >1gb out, except in aggregate across several devices.

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Will take a look - thanks. Could I for example do 2x ports LAG to modem facing switch and then 2x ports t LAN facing switch? I think that’s what their documentation showed for using LAG but will check

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If you want to build something yourself grab a HP T730 thin client from ebay and a PCIE network adaptor and slap PFsense on it. Can run it in a VM too as the T730's are powerful little beasts.

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What I might do initially (assuming I’m offfered a hub 5 in future) is get >1 gbps to the Firewalla using your advice and then have my wired devices on one FW port and then wifi on the other so at least between then there is a better chance of using all available bandwidth even if not to a single device.

Appreciate the advice, some things to think about!

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Is there any consensus yet on the stability and reliability of the Hub 5? I have a Hub 3 in modem mode and I am hoping the replacement Hub 5 will be "as good".

I do not want to go from a stable modem to one that is "work in progress" and could cause problems.

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the hub 3 is still a work in progress :D

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Hah! Nice one ..