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XG Home First Timer - Hardware Suggestions?

Thumper EX

I'm diving in to learn about firewalls and threat management and would appreciated comments on my plans from you experts.  

I am not interested today in email server or web server protection today as I don't plan to add these at any point.  I might do VPN but only for me to access my home network while away from the property.  Network protection and sandstorm and web protection I'd like to experience.  Email protection, I could be naive, but gmail seems to provide enough filter for me today but I'd like to gain experience with better protection options.

First, I think I need XG because I have more than 50 IPV4 devices on my network.  But I'm not even sure about XG need, because initially I plan to have my Eero gateway managing DCHP assignments so maybe UTM could work.  Eero would be handling DCHP at least at first because I know the Eero system and like the management it does with family profiles and content blocking.  I want to dip my toe in firewalls instead of plunging so want the XG box in bridge (I think) between cable modem and Eero gateway.   I'd appreciate comments on this part too.

But I need hardware for either UTM or XG and am shopping for a desktop box I can repurpose for the more demanding of these two options.  My biggest concern in adding a firewall at this early point is that I don't want to slow down the internet traffic for the devices in the home.  I have 100/10 mbps service and might go to 200/20 soon but that is fast enough for me. I want to size hardware for maximum ISP bandwidth even though its true we rarely need 100% bandwidth.  

If I have Intel 1Gb NICs installed, how much processor do I need?  I'm hoping to gain a passmark score through your recommendations so I can benchmark the used equipment I find around here.

I really want the logging these firewalls can do.  Is a eMMC or SSD required to keep up with a household of maybe 8 active devices accessing external addresses at one?  Seems to me any hdd could manage logging but I don't really know.

Thanks for any comments you have.

 

 



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