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One of my clients is in the market for a straight-forward hardware
firewall for their corporate office. Their office consists of about 5
total employees. They run their own mail & DNS server and have a few
other servers on their LAN, along with various client PCs.
The main requirements for the firewall device I want include:
- VPN support w/std encryption protocols
- DMZ port(s)
- DHCP Server
- IDS features w/e-mail notification (even if basic)
- Relatively easy to administer (web interface, only moderate
networking knowledge req'd)
I don't want to spend an unreasonable amount of money on the device
(i.e., a nice Cisco PIX is out of the question). I've been reviewing
products aimed at the SMB market and am currently leaning towards one
of the following:
- Netgear FVX538, ~$340.00 street price
http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/FVX538.asp
- D-Link DFL-700, ~$320.00 street price
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=327
They both are very cost-effective and seem to have the features that
would work well for their office. As mentioned above, I want one that
has DMZ support, which rules out a lot of models in the SMB space
(their mail & DNS server will end up in the DMZ). My experience with
both brands have been good, although I know the general tone of Netgear
is 'so-so'. The above NetGear device does have a great feature set
though, but I'm ultimately most concerned about the overall
effectiveness of the unit for it's intended job (as a firewall).
I also looked at these and am somewhat ruling them out for the reasons
stated:
- SonicWall Pro 230 -- mainly cost reasons, price is ~$1,700
- WatchGuard Firebox X500 -- mainly cost reasons, starts at around
$1,800 and some of the features we want are add-ons which would drive
the price up more
Can anyone provide some comments on the above or would anyone care to
suggest some other cost-effective alternatives to these two models?
Both of these models are pretty new so the reviews online are hard to
come by (I've found 1 or 2, but that's about it).
Thanks!
One of my clients is in the market for a straight-forward hardware
firewall for their corporate office. Their office consists of about 5
total employees. They run their own mail & DNS server and have a few
other servers on their LAN, along with various client PCs.
The main requirements for the firewall device I want include:
- VPN support w/std encryption protocols
- DMZ port(s)
- DHCP Server
- IDS features w/e-mail notification (even if basic)
- Relatively easy to administer (web interface, only moderate
networking knowledge req'd)
I don't want to spend an unreasonable amount of money on the device
(i.e., a nice Cisco PIX is out of the question). I've been reviewing
products aimed at the SMB market and am currently leaning towards one
of the following:
- Netgear FVX538, ~$340.00 street price
http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/FVX538.asp
- D-Link DFL-700, ~$320.00 street price
http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=327
They both are very cost-effective and seem to have the features that
would work well for their office. As mentioned above, I want one that
has DMZ support, which rules out a lot of models in the SMB space
(their mail & DNS server will end up in the DMZ). My experience with
both brands have been good, although I know the general tone of Netgear
is 'so-so'. The above NetGear device does have a great feature set
though, but I'm ultimately most concerned about the overall
effectiveness of the unit for it's intended job (as a firewall).
I also looked at these and am somewhat ruling them out for the reasons
stated:
- SonicWall Pro 230 -- mainly cost reasons, price is ~$1,700
- WatchGuard Firebox X500 -- mainly cost reasons, starts at around
$1,800 and some of the features we want are add-ons which would drive
the price up more
Can anyone provide some comments on the above or would anyone care to
suggest some other cost-effective alternatives to these two models?
Both of these models are pretty new so the reviews online are hard to
come by (I've found 1 or 2, but that's about it).
Thanks!
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