Unifi USG or pfSense for IDS/IPS

Networking & Firewalls
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Hi all!

I am mapping out the network gear of my new house and need your help!

I will have a 250Mbps up 75mbps down connection and was wondering if the Unifi USG can handle those speeds with DPI and IPS on. I was also inclined to just build a pfSense box. Do you think that any boards from the apu2 lineup of pcengines can handle pfsense with suricata?

The network will consist of 3 different vlans and approximately 20 devices (IoT, cctv, nas, mobile devices etc). Looking forward to your recommendation!

Thank you!!

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The USG is older and probably won’t be able to handle that with DPI, also the DPI on the USG is very basic and not very useful. I have not used the APU boards for pfsense.

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Thank you, Tom! Any hardware that you would recommend other than Netgate products?

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It will run on most any x86 hardware, just make sure you are using compatible network cards.

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@Maylo I use a Qotom box, and some others use Protectli boxes.