Pfsense router

Pfsense router
CPU	Intel J4125 (2 cores)
Memory	2Gb
Hypervisor	Xen
Host	Routerbox
Operating System(s)	pfsense 2.7.1

SG-1100 network interfaces dashboard

I replaced the Netgate SG-1100 with a virtualized solution running on Routerbox.

I have the following networks:

• Main Network
• Guest LAN
• AirVPN LAN
• Swiss LAN

Old Netgate SG-1100

Pfsense router
CPU	ARM Cortex-A53 (2 cores)
Memory	1Gb
Disk(s)	8Gb SSD
Operating System(s)	pfsense plus 24
NIC(s)	Marvell 88E6141 networking switch, 3 gigabit ports

I replaced my old router with this Netgear SG-1100, the primary reason to save power. It is a lot less powerful than my old router however, and can only route at ~350Mbps or so. However it doesn't randomly shut down which is pretty nice. It was powered off my TL-RP108GE, which itself was powered off POE from my Mikrotik CRS112-8P-4S-IN. Since it's official Netgear hardware, I can run pfsense plus which has some interesting advantages.

Old Old router

Pfsense router
CPU	AMD A4-5000 (4 cores)
Memory	8Gb
Disk(s)	256Gb SSD
Operating System(s)	pfsense 2.6
NIC(s)	Intel i350

The rear of the pfsense router. The hard drive in the picture on the right was replaced with an SSD. Note how the PSU isn't plugged in, since it's powered off a PicoPSU instead.

In this old supermicro 1u case I kept my pfsense router, the main router used in my house. It hosts a wireguard server, amongst other things. It is powered with an AMD A4-5000, a nice low powered CPU with AES hardware acceleration (unlike intel processors of the same era). It is powered off a PicoPSU, which saves ~5w. It uses a dedicated intel i350 NIC, which is very nice.