Intel N100 good enough for 1Gbits internet ?

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I just recently got a new ISP and new internet speed 1200/600, my current firewall with opnsense can not handle the speed (AMD GX-412TC SOC), I have been looking for a new firewall (opnsense + 2.5 Ethernet) and found several with the Intel N100 CPU (2023).

I was wondering if this CPU is good enough to handle the Internet speed and if there is overhead?

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Thank you for the answers. I enjoy opnsense, it's easier to use then openwrt for me personally.

I was thinking to do some testing of the new device before I replace the old one. But I wanted to hear if anyone has experiences.

I looked at CPU benchmark net, and saw that N100 is about 8 times faster then the AMD SOC. I'm not sure if this is linear with performance increase. Currently max download is about 600-700 while upload is 300-400.

How are you measuring your speeds? I think cloudflare speed tests were more accurate for me then ookla, but in the end downloading a large file over usenet gives me the best picture

Edit- and that made me realise my ssd was a bottleneck, replacing that helped me go from 500-600 to about 900-950 on my gigabit connection

Which is why tests like these should be done in ram.

I tested with seedtest-cli, libre speed test and downloading a big file (with a combination of different devices). The CPU immediately goes to 100%

When I use the ISP box directly I get full speed.

I would try pfsense. Definitely no need for new hardware.

No.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27769132

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/17i1dns/pfsense_just_messed_with_their_userbase_again/

https://eightify.app/summary/entrepreneurship-and-innovation/pfsense-plus-license-changes-impact-on-home-and-lab-users

Yes.

Edit: How pathetic. It's software. Keep trying to convince him to buy new hardware when he doesn't need it.