Post B5vQsRwZtM5FuUiIzo by justine@snac.smithies.me.uk
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 (DIR) Post #B5vP6gi5aW59qwb98q by justine@snac.smithies.me.uk
       2026-05-03T16:12:30Z
       
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       Do you think that an N5105 router PC with 8Gb ram 256Gb NVME and 4 x i225 2.5G ports could handle a 1Gb PPPoE connection without issue plus handle a firewall running #OpenBSD ?Currently I have an N100 running OpnSense but want to pick up a S/H unit to try OpenBSD with the aim of switching if Currently I have an N100 running OpnSense but want to pick up a S/H unit to try OpenBSD with the aim of switching if successful.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vQfZK19J571oXF6O by fallenhitokiri@social.screamingatmyscreen.com
       2026-05-03T16:25:14Z
       
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       @justine a friend of mine just got one of those little router PCs off AliExpress with an N5105. He set up OPnsense himself and is good with 1000/500, a bunch of firewall rules but mentioned WireGuard seems slow.I didn’t have a chance looking at the config myself, not sure if everything is configured properly.So I’d say chances are pretty decent :)
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vQfafg8G0DDHg3VI by justine@snac.smithies.me.uk
       2026-05-03T16:29:45Z
       
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       Thank you.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vQsQiMSj7M673RCK by georgsassen@pfeifling.de
       2026-05-03T16:29:25Z
       
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       @justine I've been running a Sophos SG 115r3 with Intel I211 nics and an Atom E3940 running OpenBSD 7.7/7.8 for a year now as firewall behind a 1Gbit cable line without any problems. No PPPoE though, but a slower CPU, so I'd think the N5105 should handle the load just fine.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vQsRwZtM5FuUiIzo by justine@snac.smithies.me.uk
       2026-05-03T16:30:22Z
       
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       Thank you.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vSESsRCcrv85q3EW by nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe
       2026-05-03T16:46:11Z
       
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       @justine Yes, absolutely.Your biggest issue is going to be the MTU overhead from PPPoE. PPPoE needs to just DIAF.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vSEUb8nuDmT1lGYC by justine@snac.smithies.me.uk
       2026-05-03T16:47:22Z
       
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       Thank you.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vTKHxSoOQUxNWwMq by FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange
       2026-05-03T16:56:42Z
       
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       @justine Probably, from what I understand it's high packets per second that kills firewall performance.Just thinking this could probably outperform my old poweredge 850 router by a wide margin.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5vTKIufGHmVuzEDdw by justine@snac.smithies.me.uk
       2026-05-03T16:59:49Z
       
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       Thanks Fritz.