Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

This board is supported since IPFire 2.21.

Raspberry Pi 3 Specifications

SoC: Broadcom BCM2837 ¹
CPU: 4× ARM Cortex-A53, 1.2GHz
GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV
RAM: 1GB LPDDR2 (900 MHz)
Networking: 10/100 Ethernet, 2.4GHz 802.11n wireless
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1 Classic, Bluetooth Low Energy
Storage: microSD
GPIO: 40-pin header, populated
Ports: HDMI, 3.5mm analogue audio-video jack, 4× USB 2.0, Ethernet

USB-to-LAN adapters are listed here.

Download at least IPFire 2.21 (Flash Image) and flash it to an MicroSD card.

Note!
The ARM flash image is configured for serial console at default.
• If using the serial console edit the `config.txt` file and add `enable_uart=1` to the end
• If using HDMI output and USB Keyboard edit the `uENV.txt` file and change `SERIAL-CONSOLE=ON` to `OFF`

After flashing the SD card install it into the Raspberry Pi, connect the cables and power supply, and power it up. At the start of booting you'll see:

Net:   No ethernet found.
starting USB…
USB0:  Core Release: 2.80a
scanning bus 0 for devices…

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B (Raspi 3B) will normally boot within 75 seconds. Once the Raspi 3B is fully booted begin to follow the steps here. After complete then configure the Wireless/WiFi from these instructions.

Note!
If the IPFire sits for more than 3 minutes:
• The Raspberry Pi may be trying to locate a driver for an unknown USB device. Unplug the unknown device and reboot the Raspberry Pi
• Or the serial console may be enabled when using the Raspberry Pi with HDMI (see note above)

Ethernet / Wi-Fi Ports

In the IPFire setup Extended Network Menu the on-board Ethernet port is known as usb: Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC95. And the wireless/WiFi is known as sdio: brcmfmac.

Benchmarks

iperf3 Speed Test

To perform these benchmarks, the Raspberry Pi IPFire box was connected… iperf3. gigabit ethernet.

computer [client] <- green -> IPFire (Raspi 3B) <- red -> computer [server]

iMac3:~ $ iperf3 -c 192.168.60.178
Connecting to host 192.168.60.178, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.1.100 port 54932 connected to 192.168.60.178 port 5201
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   113 MBytes  94.8 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.05  sec   112 MBytes  93.8 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iMac3:~ $ iperf3 -c 192.168.60.178 -R
Connecting to host 192.168.60.178, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.60.178 is sending
[  5] local 192.168.1.100 port 54936 connected to 192.168.60.178 port 5201
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  60.0 MBytes  50.3 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  59.9 MBytes  50.2 Mbits/sec                  receiver

OpenSSL Speed Test

/usr/bin/openssl speed -elapsed -evp [cipher]

Cipher	kB/s	Mbit/s
aes-256-gcm	4,342	34.7
aes-192-gcm	4,637	37.1
aes-128-gcm	4,970	39.8
camellia-256-cbc	13,255	106.0
camellia-192-cbc	13,255	106.0
camellia-128-cbc	17,007	136.1
aes-256-cbc	8,684	69.5
aes-192-cbc	9,967	79.7
aes-128-cbc	11,693	93.5
seed-cbc	12,332	98.7

OpenVPN Speed Test

time /usr/sbin/openvpn --test-crypto --secret /tmp/secret --verb 0 --tun-mtu 20000 --ncp-disable --cipher [cipher]

Cipher	real	Mbit/s
aes-256-gcm	2m44.837s	19.4
aes-192-gcm	2m39.025s	20.1
aes-128-gcm	2m32.843s	20.9
camellia-256-cbc	1m53.286s	28.2
camellia-192-cbc	1m53.351s	28.2
camellia-128-cbc	1m46.635s	30.0
aes-256-cbc	2m9.803s	24.7
aes-192-cbc	2m3.764s	25.9
aes-128-cbc	1m57.592s	27.2
seed-cbc	1m55.310s	27.8

The PI3B's 1GB ram is the minimum to run Ipfire. With that you will not be able to use IPS or DNS Firewall. Make sure both of those are disabled.