[AusNOG] Software Defined Routers

[James Hodgkinson]

It's all well and good to hate on pfSense for VOIP issues, and there's workarounds, but is there any equivalent alternative with an accessible user interface for when you just want to make things work, without having to learn yet ANOTHER domain specific language?

I can't see my users getting over 200mbit for any connection I can justify in the near future (mumble mumble NBNco) ... so even 2Gbps is hilariously over-capable.

VYOS - "VyOS generally boots pretty quickly, at least with a simple config.  37 seconds from starting the VM to routing packets.  That’s also with the bootloader timeout."
pfSense - "Not fast, 37 seconds with a few seconds at the bootloader."

... is 37 seconds fast or not? :)

On Thu, 3 Oct 2019, at 12:54, Rob Thomas wrote:
> I just spammed this all over Twatter and Derpbook, but I just noticed
> a report on some Virtual Routers, and the speeds are... EXTREMELY
> unexpected.
> 
> https://blog.kroy.io/2019/08/23/battle-of-the-virtual-routers
> 
> Summary:
> 
> * VyOS can route at 12Gbps at 14% CPU Load
> * pfSense can route at 2Gbps
> 
> Please stop using pfSense, it is a dumpster fire, and it PERSONALLY
> and ACTIVELY hates VoIP, which MAY have a slight relation with my
> ongoing loathing of it 8-)
> 
> If a customer of yours is using it, please strongly encourage them to
> throw it away.
> 
> Also, VyOS can be managed by Ansible, which is surprisingly cool.
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/vyos_config_module.html
> 
> --Rob
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