Netgate 6100 BASE pfSense+ Security Gateway
Serious firewall for larger businesses and data centres — handles 10 Gbps with ease.
Netgate 6100 BASE pricing
| Option | Price inc. VAT | Price ex VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Single unit | £806.40 | £672.00 ex VAT |
| 4-pack (bulk) | £2,899.79 | £2,416.49 ex VAT |
Prices track the live USD/GBP exchange rate in our shop and may vary slightly at checkout.
BASE vs MAX — what's the difference?
Same CPU, same ports, same firewall performance — the difference is the storage fitted at the factory. It matters more than it looks: packages like pfBlockerNG and Suricata write logs constantly, and the bigger SSD gives them room (and endurance) that flash storage doesn't have.
| 6100 BASE | 6100 MAX | |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | 16 GB eMMC flash | 128 GB NVMe M.2 SSD |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR4 | 8 GB DDR4 |
| Best for | Firewall, NAT & VPN at full speed | pfBlockerNG, Suricata/Snort IDS, long log retention |
| Price | £806.40 inc. VAT | £894.00 inc. VAT |
💡 Our advice: for a business firewall we'd take the MAX — IDS and ad-blocking are exactly what a 6100 buyer ends up running, and the NVMe SSD handles it properly. You're on the BASE page; the 6100 MAX is here.
Technical specifications
| Firewall throughput | 10.1 Gbps |
| IPsec VPN throughput | 2.1 Gbps |
| Routing (L3) | 18.8 Gbps |
| Ports | 2× 10GbE SFP+ · 2× 1GbE combo (RJ45/SFP) · 4× 2.5GbE |
| CPU | Intel Atom C3558 with QAT, 4-core @ 2.2 GHz |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR4 |
| Storage | 16 GB eMMC |
| Form factor | Desktop · passive cooling (silent) |
| Software | pfSense Plus (pre-installed & licensed) |
Official Netgate performance
Netgate's independently published benchmark figures for the Netgate 6100 BASE (IPERF3 traffic). Real-world throughput depends on packet size and enabled features.
What's included
Who is it for?
For serious infrastructure. If you're not sure you need this, you probably don't — but if you do, it's brilliant.
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