netscreen 5gt for 3 offices and vpns

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Hi
Spot of advice very much appreciated.

I have to set up 3 offices all of which will have either ADSL or SDSL
internet connections serving about 12 people spread across the
locations. There will be localised web browsing and a centrally
located file server and MS exchange.
some file replication will take place although this will be quite
small 50 mb max.

The offfices will be connected via vpns and workers should be able to
access the network via vpn clients, therefore vpn speed is a key
factor although the actual office usage will be restricted mainly to
text documents, spreadsheets and email. The offices are located in
europe, with no more than 5 XP workstations at any one location and
one server in a single office.

I have looked over a bunch of ideas and it seems that 3 Netgear 5GTs
(not sure which model yet) would suit the purpose. Before jumping in I
wonder if anyone could offer a few thoughts on the suitability of this
device ?

cheers

Rob