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This is the rack variant. Can be used as a VPN aggregator running stuff like wireguard/strongswan in addition to pfsense, etc. (Both have AES).
My cost used to start at about R5.5k but I have shaved R1k off the cost on the latest shipments. That includes Intel CPU, intel ethernet controller, power supply, SSD, and memory.
Does IDS/IPS/DPI/etc tank performance like it does on the unifi gateways (gigabit lan throttled to around 200-300Mbit)? VPN is pretty irrelevant for my use case but the security stuff isn't.
That depends on the code being used. I have a DPI agent that runs no more than 2% of cpu on a gig lan. The security stuff is also at linespeed if configured or used correctly. As an example I have loaded a nffilter IPSET of 500k entries and it operated at line rate. However, stuff like snort, etc still use cpu but its a lot better on a intel than other processors especially when running single threads. I also stopped using NTOPNG as it was a cpu killer when any advanced functionality was used.
JHB Bound NLDs failed. Traffic shifted to CPT NLD, however some BGP sessions didn't survive the move. These needed to re-establish and re-converge, which takes a few mins. Our network team are investigating to see why these sessions didn't stay up. Traffic is currently on KZN<>CPT path, so expect a slightly higher latency.
Thank you. I was worried because there is a lot of flooding in my area. Was not sure if that may have caused it
Just to this IP or other IPs too? Judging by this, the IP's owner is either experiencing peering issues at NAP JHB or black-holing your traffic. Haven't seen any loss to this IP in an hour of testing, so I'd say the latter. Drop me a PM with more details for us to investigate.
Our electricity has been off since exactly that time. Noticed our line is also down now (wasn’t really monitoring). Very likely related. We have no water, electricity and internet now
KZN Update: Various metros are still down. Core services are back to 100% operation. Will keep updating as we hear more.
I'm in PMB on Vuma (except I'm with Cool Ideas), my line has also been down since 00:30 last night. PPPoE is just stuck on "connecting". I'm hoping they can get it fixed today.
Unfortunately KZN NLDs are pretty much all down at the moment. N3 routes to JHB are severely damaged (possibly in multiple places) and the N2 route to Cape Town is damaged. It is impossible to know how much damage and how many breaks there are until techs can reach the first break and test onwards. The N2 north route (via Richards Bay) was restored around 22:30 last night, however it seems to be experiencing issues of its own. We are waiting for feedback on the high latency on this path - just a reminder that all KZN traffic is running over few remaining paths at this point.@websquadza not sure if the NLD's from KZN are damaged from the floods and you have us on alternative routes at the moment, but speeds outside of Teraco Durban are terrible. I'm on MFN PMB, as you can see speeds are great to Teraco, but from there it goes pearshaped
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Useless info, but I see full line speed and normal latencies to our branch in Pinetown from JHB on Liquid Telecom since about 4am this morning.
KZN Update: one of the KZN<>JHB NLDs have been restored so traffic has shifted back to that path. Latency and performance issues on the northern N2 path have also been resolved.
