Provide firm date on multicore/thread support

[r80xcore]

This is outrageous. Charging for something as basic as multi-core support. It would be one thing to put multi-core behind any-subscription but to exclude it from the home subscription when all other subscriptions are far beyond what most home users can afford to pay for home use is the dumbest thing I've heard. I hope that everyone spreads the word of this if it's not changed. I for one, will cancel my subscription and look for alternatives if it's not delivered as it should - to all subscribers.

I'd at least expect an answer from the developers to explain this horrible decision.

[jlficken]

I'm not happy at all about not getting multi-core support as a paid home license user.

I run on older hardware and have been looking forward to this feature for years now not knowing it'd be locked behind a paywall.

I guess I'll see if I keep my subscription or not depending on what they do when it's finally ready.

I left Untangle for this kind of stuff so dumping Zenarmor is an option as well.

[Seimus]

From a different topic, there was a mention about multicore...

Hello @jlficken,

Glad to hear you're excited about the new 5-policy limit — that one came straight from the majority of requests we've been hearing, so we're happy to make it part of the Home subscription.

On multi-core support: we definitely see the value for power users like yourself, but at the same time it's not something the broader Home community has been asking for, and if we make it too powerful, we start seeing the Home plan misused in business environments (which the license isn't meant for). That's why we've kept the Home subscription balanced for personal use while still growing it step by step.

That said — we do want to support the advanced setups that some of our most passionate users are running. We're considering a SASE Starter tier that would fit more of lab-builder needs.

This isn't ready yet and will likely be invite-only rather than a generally available tier — but if that sounds interesting, feel free to reach out to us directly and we'd be happy to explore it with you.

[dirtyfreebooter]

yea i guess i was hoping to be able to use N-series intel boxes, like N100/N150 or N-305/N-350 with Zenarmor + Wireguard at 1-2 Gbps. Wireguard is very good at going across cores, but Zenarmor will peg 1 cpu so you can't have both, Zenarmor + Wireguard, even though there is CPU leftover.

the whole businesses trying to use the home subscription is absolute bullsh*t. meanwhile, you get tons of free testing from home users. The whole SASE stuff, i don't care about any of that as a home user. i want to use low powered device without sacrificing my internet connection.

i picked up a UniFi Fiber gateway and $99/year Cybersecure subscription. This has come a long way in 1 year with regard to content filtering. Its still in pre-release software, but its very close to Zenarmor in terms of content filtering, etc. Using suricata, content filter, is all multi-threaded, no limits, so this is getting interesting at least.

i prefer OPNsense as a router. zenarmor is nice, even with its upgrade warts. As a home user, i just want some decent content filtering, be able to use my full fiber home connection, and do it on the lowest possible power device. zenarmor makes this easy in some ways and extremely difficult in others.

[wirefall]

yea i guess i was hoping to be able to use N-series intel boxes, like N100/N150 or N-305/N-350 with Zenarmor + Wireguard at 1-2 Gbps. Wireguard is very good at going across cores, but Zenarmor will peg 1 cpu so you can't have both, Zenarmor + Wireguard, even though there is CPU leftover.

the whole businesses trying to use the home subscription is absolute bullsh*t. meanwhile, you get tons of free testing from home users. The whole SASE stuff, i don't care about any of that as a home user. i want to use low powered device without sacrificing my internet connection.

i picked up a UniFi Fiber gateway and $99/year Cybersecure subscription. This has come a long way in 1 year with regard to content filtering. Its still in pre-release software, but its very close to Zenarmor in terms of content filtering, etc. Using suricata, content filter, is all multi-threaded, no limits, so this is getting interesting at least.

i prefer OPNsense as a router. zenarmor is nice, even with its upgrade warts. As a home user, i just want some decent content filtering, be able to use my full fiber home connection, and do it on the lowest possible power device. zenarmor makes this easy in some ways and extremely difficult in others.

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