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{{PhysicalMachine | I recently replated my 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.{{PhysicalMachine | ||
| cpu = AMD A4-5000 (4 cores) | | cpu = AMD A4-5000 (4 cores) | ||
| image = 1urouter_old.jpg | | image = 1urouter_old.jpg | ||
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| nics = Intel i350 | | nics = Intel i350 | ||
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== Old router == | |||
[[File:Pfsense rear.jpg|left|thumb|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.]] | [[File:Pfsense rear.jpg|left|thumb|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. | 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. | ||
[[File:Pfsense status.png|center|thumb|The system information of my pfSense box. As you can see, the CPU and Memory usage are perhaps overkill... Currently the DNS is set to google's DNS since apparently my roomies don't enjoy having an adblock. I used to use Pi-Hole on a [[Raspberry Pi]].]] | [[File:Pfsense status.png|center|thumb|The system information of my pfSense box. As you can see, the CPU and Memory usage are perhaps overkill... Currently the DNS is set to google's DNS since apparently my roomies don't enjoy having an adblock. I used to use Pi-Hole on a [[Raspberry Pi]].]] | ||
Revision as of 21:38, 14 September 2023
I recently replated my 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.
Old router
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.
The system information of my pfSense box. As you can see, the CPU and Memory usage are perhaps overkill... Currently the DNS is set to google's DNS since apparently my roomies don't enjoy having an adblock. I used to use Pi-Hole on a Raspberry Pi.
