It's worth noting that the Unifi gateways have hardware offload for traffic routing.
While a Raspberry Pi might work for some folks, it's worth noting that these are two very different performance classes.
How is it great with one NIC?
Ethernet adapter and USB speeds seem less than ideal.
Re:Ubiquiti Networks Breach
by searchableguy on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:47PM
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I don't need many ethernet ports so it works for me. My home network speed is less than a gigabit.
It's definitely not for people like OP but may work for other people who don't want to pay much and still have something decent that they can hack themselves.
I have tried to flash open firmware on my router before but it didn't work out. I had a raspberry pi already so I decided to convert it into a router and use it.
A Pi 4 can handle about 1 Gb without issue. It is a great option for consumer workloads at consumer prices. I've certainly seen far worse consumer gear.
Re:Ubiquiti Networks Breach
by geerlingguy on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:37PM
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The CM4 can hit up to ~3.4 Gbps for one interface over PCI-E, and 4.15 Gbps if you also use the onboard Gigabit interface. Use a 1, 2, or 4-port network card and you can do some interesting things at 1+ Gbps: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com/#network-cards-nics
https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/compute-module-4/?varia...
https://www.zahradnik.io/raspberry-pi-as-a-home-router
Edit: You would be better served by other boards from this benchmark repo for vpn usage: https://github.com/ThomasKaiser/sbc-bench/blob/master/Result...