It is not clear to me whether a 2862 router can throughput 1GB of internet speed or not so I thought I would ask:
I am about to get a new router for a client who has a 1GB connection with Hyperoptic. Hyperoptic present their feed with ethernet.
So when I configure WAN2 what is the maximum theoretical speed that can be attained?
If not, are there any Draytek routers that can?
Thanks!
Ben

Only the 3900 can do full gigabit and to be honest it’s old and expensive for what it has to offer, I wouldn’t be confident on it being able to maintain that speed once you start to build up the rule sets.

Personally I’d go with a PFSense (Netgate)!appliance far more feature rich with IPS/IDS etc. The SG-3100 should just about handle that. If you want to save some money and don’t want IPS/IDS then Ubiquiti’s Edgerouter 4 is cheap (£150) and incredibly powerful that will easily handle symmetrical gigabit links. Hell for the money you could buy two and setup HA (VRRP) and still save some cash. Some may note that the Edgerouter 3 will do full gig, and it will but it’s getting a bit old now and the 4 is its logical replacement.


Ref:

https://www.draytek.co.uk/support/5

https://www.ui.com/edgemax/edgerouter-4/

https://www.netgate.com/solutions/pfsense/sg-3100.html

Thanks Joners.

I wanted a Draytek because of its inbuilt VPN functionality.
I started to go down the Ubiquiti router road, as they make good kit and are well priced but I think I need a secure gateway device as well to get both features...
Unless you know of an all in one?

Ben

The Edgerouter range supports VPNs, site to site and client so should do everything you want.

The DrayTek may be fast enough though... it's a compromise. He has 1Gb/s but does he need to actually use it?

admin wrote: The DrayTek may be fast enough though... it's a compromise. He has 1Gb/s but does he need to actually use it?

Very true, however it’s unlikely that you would pay for something that you don’t need.

What’s the compromise though?