The Netgate® 6100 with pfSense® Plus software is one of the most versatile security gateways in its class. It combines the power of an Intel C3558 Quad Core CPU with integrated (QAT) QuickAssist Technology & AES-NI and 8 GB of memory for a snappy user experience, delivering over 18 Gbps of L3 routing across 8 independent 1 GbE, 2.5 GbE, and 10 GbE Flexible WAN/LAN ports. The 6100 is capable of performing high-throughput firewall, routing, and VPN applications. Despite its powerful performance the 6100 operates in complete silence with a passive cooling system and is ideal for pro-home, small/medium businesses, or edge deployments.
The Netgate 6100 is an ideal edge gateway solution for any organization in need of versatile network connectivity with 1 to 10 Gbps flexible WAN/LAN connections and 8 GB of DDR4 memory to deliver exceptional throughput performance.
L3 Forwarding
- IPERF3 Traffic: 18.50 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 6.08 Gbps
Firewall (10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 9.93 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 2.73 Gbps
IPsec VPN
(AES-GCM-128 w/QAT)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 1.77 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 552 Mbps
Netgate 6100 performance tests conducted with pfSense Plus software version 22.01
