![]() ![]() It would have been really interesting if Netgate figured out how to make 2.5GbE a possibility on this platform but there are other parts such as PHYs that need to be accounted for. Technically, the Intel X553 on the Atom C3558 supports 10GbE and 2.5GbE speeds in a 2×10/2.5/1GbE + 2×2.5/1GbE configuration. Other features of the front panel are a USB serial console port, two USB 3.0 ports and status LEDs. Combined, Netgate has six Intel 1GbE NICs although there are slightly different feature sets. The two IGB ports utilize two Intel i210-at NICs. The four IX ports come from the quad-core Intel Atom C3558 integrated MAC. The headline feature of the unit is a six 1GbE port array. Rough measurements put it around 8.5×5.75×1.75 inches in size. The Netgate SG-5100 is a fairly compact desktop unit. TNSR is the company’s higher-performance Linux-based network operating system. ![]() As you will see in the review, this is not a one-trick pony. Now we have the Netgate SG-5100 which is in a completely different class than the SG-1000 in terms of features and performance. The last time we looked at a SG series devices was the 2017 Netgate SG-1000. It has been quite a long time since STH has done a Netgate appliance review. ![]()
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