To answer some of my own questions, and after wise guidance from the list,
I have noticed that all our firewall hardware using 'vr' ethernet ports
hit a wall somewhere between 65Mbps->69Mbps. This is the case with the
Geodes in a net5501 and various VIA x86 CPUs in VIA embedded systems,
I am thinking of replacing the motherboard in my Net5501 system with one
of the APU2 systems. If anybody has any experience with these, please feel
free to share it. That will keep the price down but probably still about
twice the level that I think Aaron is trying to achieve.
They use an AMD GX-412TC, 1Ghz quad Jaguar core and have 3*1Gbps ethernet
(Intel i210AT) ports. The GX-412TC nominally is about 5 times faster than
the Geode LX in the Net5501.
We need something better than the Soekris Net5501/Geode-LX on the end of
an (Optus) cable internet link which we know runs at 110Mbps (raw) and on
the end of two symmetric fibre links, both 100Mbps, one Optus and one
Telstra. For non-Aussies, Optus and Telstra = ISPs. No, not NBN.
Thanks - Damian
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