We use Netgate TNSR as core routers and edge routers for peering. We have multiple edge routers, and we set up peering with our service providers and other peers on those edge routers. We also have core routers that do BGP route reflection and power our fiber rings. We found it extremely easy to use and highly performant.

TNSR allows us to pass hundreds of Gbps across our network, and between our peers, for a fraction of the cost of other vendors.

Netgate TNSR is a fully-featured router that handles all the technologies that we use. It has a very familiar and intuitive command-line interface. Additionally, it includes an API, which makes it easier to use in a programmatic fashion. It has been a very cost-effective alternative to larger router vendors, and we tend to get better performance out of it for the hardware that we use, achieving over four hundred gigs of throughput with very minimal hardware. Throughput is key to us.

I would like to see support for AMT (RFC7450) in future versions.

We've been using it for the last year.

It's been rock solid - a set and forget kind of solution.

TNSR will scale up directly with the hardware it is running on. It likes single CPUs with lots of cores, and RAM. But the reality is that it doesn't take THAT many cores to see terabit throughput.

Netgate is known to have really good technical assistance, and the people we spoke to were just one hop away from the actual developers.

We use Cisco routers for some of our sites, but we'll be moving them to Netgate TNSR as soon as possible.

TNSR does require some basic tuning, which is just a few commands entered via the CLI. The documentation is excellent though and we got up and running very quickly. If you are used to a Cisco or Juniper CLI, TNSR's CLI will seem very familiar.

We are mostly in-house.

Due to the low price of TNSR, the only investment worth noting is the hardware. Because these are running on our core network, calculating a firm ROI is difficult.

On the market TNSR is the lowest cost, but don't let that throw you off. It is the best cooked product in its space. You do have to maintain your yearly licenses though, so it's a good idea to add the expiration date to your calendar.

We looked at VyOS and Juniper as well, but the CLI and performance of TNSR won the day.

I would absolutely recommend Netgate TNSR. It is surprisingly high performance for very little total cost of ownership. I would rate Netgate at least a nine because their product is made very well, and I had no problems using it at all, even without reading any directions or documentation. It was just very intuitive. It's a really great product, and I would highly recommend it. I rate the overall solution a 9 out of 10.