Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost
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@scottalanmiller said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
Biggest issue with the EdgeMax line is that actual throughput suffers with any kind of QoS implemented.
This is true to some degree with any router. How much will vary a lot by the device. No idea if the ASA suffers any noticeable amount or a huge amount from this.
I have no idea if the ASA does either, but the EdgMax line very much does.
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@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@scottalanmiller said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
Biggest issue with the EdgeMax line is that actual throughput suffers with any kind of QoS implemented.
This is true to some degree with any router. How much will vary a lot by the device. No idea if the ASA suffers any noticeable amount or a huge amount from this.
I have no idea if the ASA does either, but the EdgMax line very much does.
Why is this? Software issue or lack of horsepower in the hardware?
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I have two ER-X's out in the field (two docs have them at home - so far no issues).
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@dashrender said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@scottalanmiller said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
Biggest issue with the EdgeMax line is that actual throughput suffers with any kind of QoS implemented.
This is true to some degree with any router. How much will vary a lot by the device. No idea if the ASA suffers any noticeable amount or a huge amount from this.
I have no idea if the ASA does either, but the EdgMax line very much does.
Why is this? Software issue or lack of horsepower in the hardware?
Mostly CPU constraints due to the overhead of packet inspection.
They have consistently been adding more things to the offload functionality though. So it is getting better regularly.
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@dashrender said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
I have two ER-X's out in the field (two docs have them at home - so far no issues).
I have 3 or 4 in the field at employee homes that asked for options though the business.
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@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@dashrender said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
I have two ER-X's out in the field (two docs have them at home - so far no issues).
I have 3 or 4 in the field at employee homes that asked for options though the business.
but do you support them?
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@dashrender said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@dashrender said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
I have two ER-X's out in the field (two docs have them at home - so far no issues).
I have 3 or 4 in the field at employee homes that asked for options though the business.
but do you support them?
No. I set them up and gave them the passwords.
As they belong to presidents and such of clients, yeah I will in reality if one fails.
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@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@dashrender said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@scottalanmiller said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@jaredbusch said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
Biggest issue with the EdgeMax line is that actual throughput suffers with any kind of QoS implemented.
This is true to some degree with any router. How much will vary a lot by the device. No idea if the ASA suffers any noticeable amount or a huge amount from this.
I have no idea if the ASA does either, but the EdgMax line very much does.
Why is this? Software issue or lack of horsepower in the hardware?
Mostly CPU constraints due to the overhead of packet inspection.
They have consistently been adding more things to the offload functionality though. So it is getting better regularly.
Because it was brought up offline, I thought I would drop this link explaining offload as it pertains to EdgeMax.
https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006567467-EdgeRouter-Hardware-Offloading-Explained -
Thanks for all the info. I just have a consumer EnGenius at home and though i havent had a single issue it isn't business grade and I want to start learning more business equiipment and i don't mind investing in myself to learn though i thinik my current router was more expensive than the Edge lite.
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@jmoore said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
Thanks for all the info. I just have a consumer EnGenius at home and though i havent had a single issue it isn't business grade and I want to start learning more business equiipment and i don't mind investing in myself to learn though i thinik my current router was more expensive than the Edge lite.
A big difference is that the EdgeRouter or a Cisco ASA have a relatively standard enterprise style interface that you can access from the command line. Most consumer gear has no config trees like that and while you might get to play with some similar features, you won't play with them in the same way.
You can get a similar setup to the EdgeRouter with VyOS without having to buy anything.
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@jmoore said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
Thanks for all the info. I just have a consumer EnGenius at home and though i havent had a single issue it isn't business grade and I want to start learning more business equiipment and i don't mind investing in myself to learn though i thinik my current router was more expensive than the Edge lite.
I'm sure you will, but wanted to have you keep in mind that these edgerouters have no wifi capabilities in them. So you will either need to turn your current engenious router into just a wireless bridge or purchase a UAP and a PoE injector to power both units.
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@nerdydad Ok thanks I did not know that so I will just put current one in bridge mode
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@scottalanmiller That is exactly why i wanted to learn something like this so it will translate a little to other products. At those prices there is no reason not to just buy one.
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@jmoore said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@scottalanmiller That is exactly why i wanted to learn something like this so it will translate a little to other products. At those prices there is no reason not to just buy one.
It's a great way to learn "how things are done" for sure. Will give you a lot more confidence looking at other solutions and is directly applicable to a huge amount of the SMB market where the Ubiquiti gear is the most broadly applicable.
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@jmoore said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@nerdydad Ok thanks I did not know that so I will just put current one in bridge mode
You can get a UAP for ~ $60. The UAP-AC-LITE is ~ $80
So it i not that much to buy an access point and a router.
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@nerdydad said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@jmoore said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
Thanks for all the info. I just have a consumer EnGenius at home and though i havent had a single issue it isn't business grade and I want to start learning more business equiipment and i don't mind investing in myself to learn though i thinik my current router was more expensive than the Edge lite.
I'm sure you will, but wanted to have you keep in mind that these edgerouters have no wifi capabilities in them. So you will either need to turn your current engenious router into just a wireless bridge or purchase a UAP and a PoE injector to power both units.
All the UAP come with power injectors.
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I've been using an ERL at home for a while and have them deployed at several business. Zero complaints and I recommend them all the time.
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@brandon220 said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
I've been using an ERL at home for a while and have them deployed at several business. Zero complaints and I recommend them all the time.
I wish I could use it at home. I'm on Bell Canada ftth and they use a different vlan for iptv and internet. All of the online guides I've seen haven't been able to get me to use my ERL and Bell won't give up which VLANs they use.
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@nashbrydges seems like they would be able to put their equipment in bridge mode for you.
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@brandon220 said in Comparing Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and Cisco ASA PPS Performance and Cost:
@nashbrydges seems like they would be able to put their equipment in bridge mode for you.
They refuse to let that happen too. They tell me that if in bridge mode, the iptv will fail. WHat I really wanted was for them to enable the second network connection on the ONT but they won't do that either. sigh. I'd switch to another provider if I wasn't already adicted to the Gb speed.
