NBN HFC 1000Mbps Meraki MX64 throughput testing

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NBN HFC 1000Mbps Meraki MX64 throughput testing

New NBN HFC plans providing speeds of up to 1000mbps down and 50mbps up are now available. At the time of writing Aussie Broadband is providing the NBN Home Ultrafast plan rated at 1000/50 for $119 a month for the first 6 months.

Business class firewalls can provide more advanced security features and in the case of Cisco Meraki devices the  Advanced Security License provides

  • Content filtering
  • Google SafeSearch and YouTube for Schools
  • Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS)
  • Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)

These kind of features require processing power and often to the detriment of raw internet throughput, as such the Cisco Meraki MX64 and MX64W are rated at:

  • 200 Mbps – Max throughput with all security features enabled
  • 250 Mbps – Max stateful (L3) firewall throughput in passthrough mode
  • 200 Mbps – Max stateful (L3) firewall throughput in NAT mode
  • 100 Mbps – Max site-to-site VPN throughput

In testing this resulted in speeds of ~108Mbps down and ~35Mbps up on an Aussie Broadband 100/40Mbps plan

Speed tests on the newer Aussie Broadband Home Ultrafast 1000/50Mbps via a Cisco Meraki MX64 on Advanced Security License with Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) enabled and Intrusion detection and prevention set to Prevention and Security Ruleset resulted in speeds of ~250Mbps down and ~45Mbps up.