Needing a new Firewall
Needing a new Firewall
So a couple days ago I posted this post about getting slow speeds to my servers at home from basically anywhere. While I am not seeing HA Proxy or anything peg the CPU I figured it's either my ISP or my Netgate 4100.
So I am now looking for a 1 or 2u firewall that I can have/place 10gig cards in them. I want to stay below $200 if possible. I don't care if it is massively overkill, I specked this 4100 based on my actual needs and it let me down.
Needs:
10gig
AES-NI support
4 RJ45/SFP+
Rack mountable
Wants:
Ports in front
Quiet (as long as its not louder than my Brocade 6610 we good)
Short case
UniFi Dream Machine Pro (or SE) or Gateway Pro would be my choice.
In 2019, I decommissioned the UniFi USG's at our office because at the time, they lack many features and switched us to pfSense which has been flawless for the pat 4 years. I recently switched back to UniFi as a firewall and it is night and day difference compared to 2019 and is feature rich now. Multiple WAN IP Support, OpenVPN Support, Wiregard Support, etc.
110G under $200 is going to be tough.
I'd personally build it with a fanless mini PC like this for even less power and zero noise
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