Re: Which FW/VPN appliance?

["Sean Zadig" <seanzadig () hotmail com>]

Steve,
  I've used the Netscreen 5 at home to tunnel to a 25 at work, and it works 
great. Haven't used the 5XP specifically, but its basically the same device. 
Still use the 5 even though the company is now dead =), and it works great 
as a firewall / NAT. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about 
it.

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> All,
>
> I'm performing my first network installation for a small company that has
> 4 branch offices and a HQ office.  Each branch location has approx 5-8
> users, and HQ has approx 7-10 users.  They will perform web surfing and
> the branch offices will need to VPN data back to HQ daily.  Also, they
> have a couple traveling/home users that will need VPN access to HQ.
> They would like to leave room for growth to add additional users at each
> location and they'll be adding 2 branch offices soon.  Total # of VPN
> tunnels fm each branch = 1, total for HQ = at least 8.
>
> They also need NAT and DHCP and FW.  They're running Ethernet and TCP/IP
> on a Novell network.  I am procuring broadband at each location (DSL or
> frac T1) and expect a static IP.
>
> Thus far, I'm considering three firewall/VPN solutions:
>
> 1. Netscreen 5XP (Branch) and the Netscreen 25 (HQ)
> 2. SonicWall SoHo3 (Branch) and the SonicWall Pro200 (HQ)
> 3. SnapGear SoHo+ (Branch) and the SnapGear Pro (HQ)
>
> Any thoughts to the product choices?
>
> tks,
> steve


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