05 May Netgate 4100 – Find a Replacement
Netgate 4100 – Find a Replacement
The Netgate 4100 has reached End Of Sale.
What is the best replacement? We compared the closest models to help you make the right decision.
Comparison Table
Netgate 2100
SPECIFICATIONS
PERFORMANCE
Netgate 4100
SPECIFICATIONS
PERFORMANCE
Netgate 4200
SPECIFICATIONS
PERFORMANCE
Netgate 6100
SPECIFICATIONS
PERFORMANCE
CPU: The Dual core ARM v8 Cortex-A53 1.2 GHz delivers 2.20 Gbps routing for common iPerf3 traffic and over 964 Mbps of firewall throughput.
CPU:The ARM v7 Cortex-A9 @ 1.6 GHz with NEON SIMD and FPU delivers 3.64 Gbps routing for common iPerf3 traffic and over 2.44 Gbps of firewall throughput.
CPU: Intel Atom C1110 with AVX2, 4-core @ 2.1 GHz. Delivers up to 3x on benchmarking results for routing, firewall and IPsec VPN versus the Netgate 4100.
CPU: Quad-Core 2.2 GHz Intel Atom, with integrated AES-NI and QAT (QuickAssist Technology) significantly improves encrypted throughput and increases RAM performance by up to 50%.
Network Ports: Flexible 5-port combination including (1) 4-Port 1 GbE Marvell switch and a dedicated (1) GbE WAN RJ45/SFP combo port.
Network Ports: Flexible 6-port combination of (1) 4-port 1 GbE Marvell switch and (2) dedicated 1 GbE ports.
Network Ports: Four 2.5G independent and configurable RJ45 LAN ports for maximum flexibility. Configure it for single or dual WAN, or high-availability failover.
Network Ports: (2) 10 GbE SFP+ Ports, (2) 1 GbE Combo Ports (RJ45/SFP), and (4) discrete, unswitched 2.5 Gbps Ports allow for versatile WAN connectivity.
Storage: 8 GB eMMC Flash onboard (or optional 32 GB M.2 SATA 2242 SSD)
Storage: 8 GB eMMC Flash onboard (or optional 32 GB M.2 SATA SSD)
Storage: 16 GB eMMC (or 128 GB NVMe M.2 SSD with Netgate 4200 Max)
Storage: 16 GB eMMC (or optional 128 GB NVMe M.2 SSD)
Memory: 4 GB DDR4, DDR4 memory allows more stable, higher transfer rates for memory-intensive applications (e.g. IDS/IPS).
Memory: 2 GB DDR4, DDR4 memory allows more stable, higher transfer rates for memory-intensive applications (e.g. IDS/IPS).
Memory: 4 GB LPDDR5 RAM. DDR5 memory allows more stable, higher transfer rates for memory-intensive applications (e.g. IDS/IPS).
Memory: 8 GB DDR4 RAM, DDR4 memory allows more stable, higher transfer rates for memory-intensive applications (e.g. IDS/IPS).
Cooling: Passive cooling for silent operation.
Cooling: Passive cooling for silent operation.
Cooling: Passive cooling for silent operation.
Cooling: Passive cooling for silent operation.
L3 Forwarding
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 2.20 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 594 Mbps
L3 Forwarding
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 3.64 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 1.98 Mbps
L3 Forwarding
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 8.75 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 9.28 Gbps
L3 Forwarding
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 18.50 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 6.08 Gbps (941 kpps)
Firewall:
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 964 Mbps
- IMIX Traffic: 249 Mbps
Firewall:
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 2.44 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 1.04 Gbps
Firewall:
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 8.61 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 3.21 Gbps
Firewall:
(10k ACLs)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 9.93 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 2.73 Gbps
IPsec VPN:
(AES-GCM-128 / AES-NI)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 254 Mbps
- IMIX Traffic: 90 Mbps
IPsec VPN:
(AES-CBC-128 + SHA1)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 453 Mbps
- IMIX Traffic: 108 Mbps
IPsec VPN:
(AES-GCM-128 w/QAT)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 3.2 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 1.05 Gbps
IPsec VPN:
(AES-GCM-128 w/QAT)
- IPERF3 Traffic: 1.77 Gbps
- IMIX Traffic: 552 Mbps
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- Medium Business
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- Home Pro
- Branch/Small Business
- Medium Business
Our Review
The Netgate 4200 is the official direct replacement for the Netgate 4100. Not only is it less expensive, but the 4200 uses the Intel® Atom® C1110 CPU, which came out of Intel’s high-performance 12th-generation Core design and is dramatically faster than other Atom processors. It includes the AVX2 extended instruction set to make VPN encryption/decryption fly. The Netgate 4200 benchmark numbers tell the story clearly: L3 forwarding (routing), Firewall, and IPsec VPN test results are up to three times faster than the Netgate 4100.
The Netgate 6100 is one of the most versatile and powerful security gateways in its class. The Netgate 6100 is the right choice for deployments that require more compute resources to support the use of multiple pfSense add-on packages and VPN performance to support multiple user and site-to-site connections. This is a low power system built for long life and solid reliability in a compact footprint. Although the price gap with the old Netgate 4200 is quite significant, the Netgate 6100 could be a perfect replacement and an ideal edge gateway solution for any growing organization in need of versatile network connectivity.
With both units there is an option to purchase professional support which is not common in this segment of the market.
