[UI_at_80x24]

I use OBSD exclusively on my gateway devices. Currently using it at home on an HP730 with a quad-port GB Intel NIC. Total cost ~$200 (used)

Keep you eyes open for sales. /r/homelabsales/ has great deals on these SFF devices sometimes.

I've read that the PCEngines struggles to keep up with network traffic in excess of 100Mb/s.

Although this update may have addressed that. That router guide is ok. but the official pages are better. https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html

Hit me up directly if you have any questions. o2kewl[at]gmail[dot]com

[efortis]

My apu handles 300Mb/s with a dozen firewall rules without issues.

I haven't tested it on a 1Gb/s but @c17r said it works: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25045963

I have an older alix one, and I think it worked with 100Mb/s, but struggled after that.

Now, I bought my apu in 2016 and I don't regret it, but I'm not sure I'd buy one in 2022.

[UI_at_80x24]

Ok, my mistake.

[evh]

> I've read that the PCEngines struggles to keep up with network traffic in excess of 100Mb/s.

For reference, quick iperf3 TCP tests on my APU2 (cpu[0123]: AMD GX-412TC SOC, 998.27 MHz; em[0123] at pci[1234] dev 0 function 0 "Intel I211" rev 0x03):

LAN host <-> APU: ~410 Mbps

LAN host <-> APU (over WireGuard): ~140 Mbps

However, I've put em[123] together as a veb(4) switch without pf involvement and two LAN hosts will get almost the full gigabit between them over that. Would need something bigger if I had a faster uplink or more complex LAN requirements.

[JAlexoid]

What's HP 730? Google tells me it's an ink cartridge....

[UI_at_80x24]

Ack, sorry.

It's an: HP t730 Thin Client

From dmesg:

cpu0: AMD RX-427BB with AMD Radeon(tm) R7 Graphics, 2697.05 MHz, 15-30-01

4-cores total

[JAlexoid]

It would have been something amazing, if you actually ran it on that ink cartridge(there's some mcu in there, to my knowledge)

[ViceCitySage]

Thanks for the heads up and resources.