On Apr 10, 6:23am, "trammer" wrote:
I meant to respond to this awhile ago...
} If you feel that the firewall aspect of your network does not require the
} horsepower, functionality, failover, expansion, etc. of a dedicated purpose
} box such as the PIX, then a regular router (2600, 3600, etc.) running the
} IOS firewall code may be the correct step.
You can get a PIX 501 starting at about $800 CDN retail. Whereas,
the IP/Firewall Plus IPSEC feature pack for the 2600 is going to set
you back about $2300 CDN retail. That's a huge difference. Heck for
that kind of money, you could almost get into a 506 (about $2650 CDN
retail). When you look at the cost, it doesn't seem to make sense to
use a router as a firewall, unless there is a huge requirement to save
space or use fewer devices.
} Ultimately you may refer to the term "you get what you pay for".
I'm not even sure about that.
}-- End of excerpt from "trammer"
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