Router, dual WAN capability
 

Greetings infidels.

So my situation is as follows:

I require a router that can do load balancing across 2 WAN links, and do this while handling a WAN->LAN throughput of at least 400Mb, ideally 600Mb, and LAN->WAN of 100Mb.

Ridiculous WiFi would be a bonus.

Ethernet WAN ports are fine, as the 'modem' aspect will be handled by other equipment.

I don't have any great desire to build my own router. I prefer using off the shelf equipment as I'm lazy and don't like messing around too much with network equipment at home if I can help it.

Any recommendations other than this beast?

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

Guten Abend

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/product...78-706724.html

Fits your throughput profile but no funky wireless, in fact no wireless at all.

My company have these in our network services portfolio. They work.

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

Reluctant as I am to add more Cisco kit to my magnificent 2610 and 2 x 3550 that looks like it'd fit the bill, thank you!

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

Also this ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00D3ZLNKA/

(Could not find any details of its throughput, probably not has high as you're looking for though)

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

Sadly not.

NAT Throughput 160Mbps

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

I may actually need considerably more than 600Mb WAN to LAN and 802.3ad support.

Looks like it'll be my own build. Quite sure I'm into the realms of Enterprise kit otherwise.

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That throughput is a tall order once you start adding rules.

So if you're building, say around pfsense does this pique your interest?

http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/fitlet/fitlet-x/

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

I have a few options. I will potentially need 1.4Gb/s to avoid bottlenecks which reduces the options but definitely building my own with a couple of 2 port NICs is the way to go.

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

1.4Gb/s for your home connection? Jeebus.

That said, any old laptop with pfSense could do the trick, I have a ten year old device that'll happily do 2Gb/s+ NAT throughput.

USB3 Gigabit adapter for a tenner for the second NIC or ExpressCard if you're anal about USB jitter.

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

Selection of dual wan routers here. I get all my kit from here, got a Draytek running at the moment.

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Thank you, though sadly doesn't come close to the performance levels I require.

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How much money are you willing to spend? The pfSense hardware range is fairly decent but reaches upwards of $500 USD for the good stuff:

http://store.pfsense.org/SG-4860/

However it looks like with all the SPI features on it only manages about 800Mb/s, though potentially much higher - the 2-core 1.7Ghz version hits 600Mbps so I'd expect the 4-core 2.4Ghz to exceed 1.4Gbps if configured right.

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If your going to look at pFsense look at buying a Watchguard box off eBay and putting pFsense on it, cheaper than above.

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That'll do nicely. I see an XTM 505 that will do the job admirably.

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Watch out with those boxes dude, those throughput claims are pretty optimistic.

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Care to post an example? The only ones I can find quote throughput figures less than 1/10th what he needs.

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Optimistic? The ones I see on eBay quote 125Mbps firewall/20Mbps VPN! My mobile phone can do more than that.

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

Igintion mentioned ebay XTM 505
A bit expensive.

Aren't these

ERPro-8 Ubiquiti EdgeRouter PRO

a better choice? We have some of these at work and they are highly respected.

Re: Router, dual WAN capability
 

3.5Gbps claim of some arbitrary throughput measure on one of those Watchguard appliances which aren't actually that cheap.

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And that's exactly why I dislike proprietary "black box" systems.

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I have re-evaluated and while load balancing to reach 1.3Gb/s may be good for the e-penis it's not worth the hassle, so I'll run the 2 in active-passive, meaning line rate gigabit downstream and ~100Mb upstream simultaneously is fine, which brings me back into scope of highest-end home routers.

This works well for me as I hate messing with my home network, KISS, and I have a few months before I have to worry about a purchase so can wait for prices of current top-end kit to drop.

Thanks for the input!