Netscreen 50

["Boni Bruno" <bbruno () dsw net>]

Malcolm,

Netscreen is a fine firewall with a lot of features for the money.
However, the Netscreen 50 does not have device redundancy where as
the NS 100 and above do have device redundancy with ms fail over.  This
is an important feature to consider for future expansion and obviously
avoiding a single point of failure.  The NS 100 is also 10K, but its
replacement is the NS 204 which is around 12K.  If you can afford a
little
more, the NS 204 offers much more growth and can easily be configured in 
a redundant manner in the future when your finances allows it.

Plus you get an additional DMZ port on the NS204 (total of 4), and 8
ports
total with the NS208 option, but the NS208 may be out of your price
range.

Cheers,

-boni bruno


> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:51:09 +1100
> From: "Malcolm Joosse" <malcolm () hotlinesupport com>
> To: <firewall-wizards () nfr com>
> Subject: [fw-wiz] Netscreen 50
>
> Hello All,
> I am new to this list, I tried searching the archives to find this info.
> We are a medium sized ISP in Australia.  We run a Full 45Mb DS3 link.
> We are/were running Watchguard Firebox 2 and have found that since we
> upgraded the DS3 link to the full 45Mb our Firebox is having a hard time
> with all the traffic.  While I cannot complain about the Watchguard
> products, we thought we would ask around about different firewall
> options.  I have received many suggestions from my peers about different
> solutions.  We were looking at:
> Watchguard Firebox 2500 - Seems like a office firewall and not a ISP
> firewall - Good pricing
> Cisco PIX  - good product, VERY $$$$$ - out of our budget
> Netscreen 50 - Good features and good pricing - Top of the list
> *NIX/IPtables - To fiddley and hard to find admins
> GNAT - More suitable for a office enviroment
> ?????  any other suggestions ?
>
> The Cost is a major part of this new purchase.  I do not want to spend
> more than USD$10,000.00 as I have seen many products in this price
> range.  We have been offered a netscreen 50 for evaluation, but as time
> is critical, I thought I would ask about the Netscreen to get a insight
> and avoid wasting time on testing something that is not suitable.
>
> Regards
> Malcolm Joosse=20
> Hotline Support (Total IT Solutions)=20
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