Equipment Support > Hardware By Brand > ZyXEL > ZyWALL USG 100 v2.12(AQQ.0)C0 firmware is out

reply to bbarrera

Re: ZyWALL USG 100 v2.12(AQQ.0)C0 firmware is out

I've been reading more and more about the new Sonicwall TZ series (100/200/210) and I'm really liking what I am reading.

Aside from the sting of not having gig-e interfaces, these UTM routers look quite competent and surprisingly affordable. TZ 100 Wireless-N costs under $500 with a one year license to all UTM services, has zone support, includes one SSL VPN license, supports up to 5 VPN tunnel connections with other gateways, etc.

Starting to look pretty damn good to me. The user documentation and support forum kick the crap out of what I've seen so far of ZyXel too.

Only big downside I'm seeing at the moment is no free access to firmware support, although if you have current licenses for support contracts or UTM services it looks like they throw that in for free.

Sure but I've got customers using ZyXEL, saving money and not getting what they really want. Its great to save money but if another vendor delivers the right features and the price is reasonable then its money well spent. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Enhanced OS is bundled with TZ100, TZ200 and TZ210.

Hmmm. Thanks for the clarification that the Enhanced OS comes with the new TZ products. I just confirmed that myself. I also see that the support pricing for the TZ series is a little less painful. Not too bad for Sonicwall. I guess the poor economy has gotten them to rethink their pricing strategies.

reply to bbarrera

reply to claykin
The prices are not bad at all. Buying a TZ 100 bundled with 1 year of full support, enhanced OS, updates, 24X7 tech support is under $320.

3 years of full support is only another $270.

That's actually very reasonable, especially as their full applications suite now throws in 24X7 support, content filtering, warranty extension all in addition to the standard AV, anti-spam, etc.

I like the fact that they bundle in an SSL and standard client license for VPN too so that both can be tried out.

I have gone ahead and ordered a TZ100 wireless from firewalls.com and they matched sonicguard prices. I will give this a shot in my wife's business and we'll see how it goes. I wish the box had dual gig-e interfaces so that I could put servers and workstations in different zones but I will live without that as I'm much more concerned with external threats anyway.

The SSL license, DHCP over VPN, etc, at these prices, not to mention running 1.5X faster than USG 100 clinches it for me.

reply to claykin

reply to jmpage2

Yes, please post back.

I will report back in about a week and a half assuming that the unit ships out on time.

I ordered this device;

»www.firewalls.com/sonicwall-soni···ear.html

Which they were kind enough to PM against this;

»www.sonicguard.com/TZ100Wireless.asp

So we paid $371.95 for the wireless TZ 100 with a full year on all services as well as content filtering, reporting engine, etc. This gives us the added benefit of a much needed upgrade from the weak sauce WRT54GL wireless access point currently deployed and eliminates two devices from our management pool in one go (we also will retire the Linksys RV042 that I want to hit with a hammer as I hate it so much). If things work out I will add another 3 yrs of support for $266 which is pretty reasonable as it includes all services and 24/7 tech support.

I have a lot of experience with routers and switches (I do VoIP/SIP stuff for a living) but very little security/UTM type experience so this will be an interesting test. I have heard good things about the Ehanced OS for Sonic so we will see how it goes with this new TZ series UTM.

I will let you all know how it goes.