TROLL131313
join:2004-12-21
Horsham, PA
 ·Comcast
| SA 500 Firewalls
Has any one looked at these? I stumbled across them on Cisco's website when I was seeing if there was any thing new coming out.
»www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9···son.html
I all most feel out of my chair when I saw the features and the pricing.
Now I wonder what they get for support on these? |
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elnino
join:2006-08-27
Akron, OH | They're new to me too. For a LOW end firewall for a small company, it might not be all that bad. The price is cheap, but so is some of the functionality |
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HELLFIRE
join:2009-11-25
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I got bored so I put these side by side with the ASA5505 and 5510 to see how they stacked up.
On specs alone, between the 520/W and 5505 Base/SP, you get slightly faster throughput, more
IPSec tunnels, UTM, a wireless option, SHA2 hashing (which I'm hoping one day Cisco will
integrate into IOS) and GigE interfaces, but at the cost of 3DES/AES throughput, and crippled
routing and VLAN functionality, so it's a tossup. Between the 540 and 5510 it's alittle more
clear cut with the 5510 having the edge hands down IMO.
I also got a chance to read the Admin guide for these as well. I don't know about anyone
else but the thought of Linksys+ (Cisco- ??) GUI configuration kinda creeps me out in
setting one these up.
I'd agree with elnino that in a SOHO or SMB environment if you're not a Cisco-type these might
be worth it.
Regards |
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