CPU recommendations for 1Gbps w/PPPoE

[vpx]

A DEC650 from Deciso easily manages to do 1G with PPPoE. Just saying. APU devices are old. Like in stone age old. I like their design, I also like Soekris Geode based devices.  ;) You get the idea.

According to https://www.deciso.com/product-catalog/DEC630/ it has an AMD GX-416A 1.6 Ghz quad core while the apu4d4 has an AMD GX-412TC 1 GHz quad core.

So 1.6 GHz on a single core is enough, but 1 Ghz on a single core isn't enough for PPPoE (FreeBSD limitaton).

[iam]

The PPPoE performance on 24.1 (APU2) seems to be quite better (between 350 and 400 instead of between 170 and 320  MBit/s)  so fare :)

[normanu]

You can now boost the APU2 to 1.4Ghz with a later firmware, unfortunately it is still not enough to reach full 1gbit.
MPD now is multithreaded, it is still strange that BSD can't get fullspeed while linux does it with 2 fingers in its nose.

Believe these where the settings.

hint.acpi_perf.0.disabled      environment   1   
hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled      environment   1   
hint.p4tcc.0.disabled      environment   1   

[cookiemonster]

You can now boost the APU2 to 1.4Ghz with a later firmware, unfortunately it is still not enough to reach full 1gbit.
MPD now is multithreaded, it is still strange that BSD can't get fullspeed while linux does it with 2 fingers in its nose.

Believe these where the settings.

hint.acpi_perf.0.disabled      environment   1   
hint.acpi_throttle.0.disabled      environment   1   
hint.p4tcc.0.disabled      environment   1   

Which later firmware? One of the last ones before the change to I thought all new firmwares were now paid for since March 2024?

[catalin.enache]

Hi guys,

I am using a recovered ForcePoint 321 Series with Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C2358 @ 1.74GHz (2 cores, 2 threads) + 4 GB of RAM, equipped with 5 x igb ports.

After tuning the required options for PPPoE connection I am getting 910M-Down / 912-Up over FTTH fiberlink.

Indeed the CPUs are going up to 100% during the speed test.

Pro:  Fanless and low consuption
Cons: The CPU can not be upgraded (soldered on the mainboard)


BR