[pfSense] Encryption card PCI-32 ?

Chris Buechler cmb at pfsense.org
Wed Nov 2 20:10:28 EDT 2011


On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:48 AM, bsd <bsd at todoo.biz> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to know if you knew any VPN compression PCI-32 card compatible with pfSense / FreeBSD ?
>

The Hifn Soekris cards commonly used in miniPCI platforms also come in
a PCI version.
http://soekris.com/products/vpn14x1.html

Depending on how fast the CPU is, it may be faster to let the CPU do
it than to pass it to the PCI bus though. I don't know what that cut
off is exactly.


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