[Pauldotcom] Friendly SOHO router

[Gregory Baker]

Steven,

We're utilizing the Sonicwall devices for our SOHO customers. We're not a dealer we're an application var and merely bundle the firewalls to save everyone headaches. The users find the interface easy to use. Most sonicwall models handle ipsec aes 256 3des & des vpn site to site and of course Sonicwall sells a software based single user clients. (boo) All models handle multiple lan subnets. 

Unfortunately the fact remains that most of the SOHO decision makers out there bristle at spending a lot of money on security. (insert 'you'll be sorry comments here')

The down side on Sonicwall are the addons. You buy a device then in 90 days you need to purchase a warranty addon in order to download firmware updates. And so on & so on. The subscription services they are offer (av,ips, & filtering) are a bit privcy but are nice if one can talk a customer into buying them.

$.02 deposited

Greg

--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Stephen Reese <rsreese at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Stephen Reese <rsreese at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Pauldotcom] Friendly SOHO router
> To: "PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List" <pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com>
> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 8:40 AM
> I'm looking for a SOHO router for a friends small
> business of about 20
> nodes. They currently have a Cisco 1800 series but they
> aren't a fan
> of the CLI or SDM web interface so they're on the hunt
> for something
> else. The main issue is when there is a configuration
> problem the
> device is too complex for the average user to manipulate.
> They were
> previously using a Linksys product but found the phone
> support to be a
> little on the weak side. They would like to product to
> support VPN and
> two VLANS...
> 
> Anyone use a 3com, Nortel, Adtran, Sonicwall or WatchGuard
> product and
> have a positive experience with the devices functionality
> and
> usability?
> 
> Thanks,
> Stephen
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