VigorNIC 132

[dragon2611]

Draytek have come up with a VDSL2 router on a PCI-E card (VigorNIC 132)

I guess it presents itself as a NIC to the host but they're not available till august so I guess we won't know for sure untill someone gets their hands on one but I'm hoping it going to be some commonly supported chipset.

If it is then it might go quite nice with openSense as you can configure it to bridge (so it ends up being just a fancy DSL modem)

No Half height bracket though dispite it being a half height card (I asked their sales, but apperently they'll look into if it's feasible)

Edit:  They later replied saying there would be a half height bracket.

[Strykar]

Aug 16th is the release date.

I was excited about this card /w SFP for WAN and spoke to their support, but the specs seem off and they weren't forthcoming with answers. In fact, tech support which was apparently forwarded my emails never got back to me.
They were more interested in me not buying it from the UK and having a mate carry it down, and instead source a local supplier, guess what Draytek, if there there was one, I would. Oh, and how many pieces did I want to buy, fair enough.

This is what I asked:

Could you guys post some (specs), as it seems unlikely that a card capable of VDSL/SFP speeds will max out at 150Mb/s even without hardware accelerated NAT?

I would kill for a mini-PCI or an external Ethernet based ADSL/VDSL card. There's a large enough market, but not large enough for the quantities required to bring prices down in China.
The guys who make the Turris Omnia router have explored cheaper Chinese chipsets and they don't have the required VDSL performance. Sadly this appears like one of the first real choices for integration and we don't have any real specs yet.

[Davesworld]

I just received two of them with the non fiber second interface. They come with a half height bracket included in the box. Have not used it yet though. I've been studying the manual ahead of time. I'll test as soon as I build another box.

[gigo90]

I just received two of them with the non fiber second interface. They come with a half height bracket included in the box. Have not used it yet though. I've been studying the manual ahead of time. I'll test as soon as I build another box.

Hi All, i know this topic is quite old, i'm trying to set a opnsense box with this modem.

Can anyone help?

thanks

[dave]

Since the 132 can act a router itself, is it be possible to handle PPPOE auth and encapsulation on the 132 itself and have standard eth frames between the 132 and OPNSense?

Has anyone had the chance to test throughput with PPPOE based connections?