Router, dual WAN capability

Ignitionnet · 19-09-2015, 18:20

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?

Uncle Peter · 19-09-2015, 20:48

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.

Ignitionnet · 20-09-2015, 14:35

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!

**Paul** · 20-09-2015, 16:10

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)

Ignitionnet · 21-09-2015, 11:16

Sadly not.

NAT Throughput 160Mbps

Ignitionnet · 30-09-2015, 08:45

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.

Uncle Peter · 30-09-2015, 11:37

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/

Ignitionnet · 30-09-2015, 14:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Peter

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/

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.

qasdfdsaq · 01-10-2015, 14:19

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.

Matthew · 02-10-2015, 09:39

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

Ignitionnet · 03-10-2015, 17:03

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

qasdfdsaq · 08-10-2015, 17:32

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.

Matthew · 09-10-2015, 20:58

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

Ignitionnet · 10-10-2015, 22:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew

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

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

Uncle Peter · 10-10-2015, 23:13

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