Christmas came early this year, and I am moving to the new DOCSIS 3.0 service that is available from my ISP. This new service will provide a 100/5 Mbps service which is a nice upgrade from the 15/1 Mbps service that I currently have in place. Unfortunately, the reliable ALIX appliances I have used to run pfSense will not support the full downstream bandwidth of this new service. The ALIX model I have currently use is the ALIX2D3 which use the AMD Geode LX800 500 MHz chip and is not quite beefy enough for the full 100 Mbps unfortunately.
So, I need to seek out a new ALIX-like appliance to purchase, or I have to build a new mini-ITX box to get the full capabilities of the connection. Before I research the best custom mini-ITX system build options, I wanted to ask the list for any experience-based recommendations on low power consumption appliances for purchase that have enough CPU power to support 100 Mbps and above. (Quality and future-proofing is more important than cost.) Thanks in advance to anyone who replies. Best regards, Michael Service link, in case there is an interest: http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServices/Internet/Nitro/
