RE: Firebox/SonicWall/Netscreen

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Title: RE: Firebox/SonicWall/Netscreen

Hi Mike,

 

From my own recent experience with Netscreen, make sure to give yourself plenty of time for learning how to configure it and plan to spend time on the phone with technical support.  Both the documentation supplied with the product and the resources available online are extremely limited.  Apart from that, I have not experienced any significant issues with the appliance itself.  There also appear to be many resellers of Netscreens on this list.

 

My experience with Sonicwall is limited to one client who has several.  Unfortunately, that experience is helping them set up an interim solution while they are waiting for replacement units.  I don't have enough data to say whether the problem is endemic throughout their product line but, this particular client has had two of the SOHO and one Sonicwall Pro (I know - lower end products then what you are looking at) give up the ghost.  To their credit, replacement was not an issue but, it did take time.

 

Hope the downside information helps you prepare for your project.

 

Regards

 

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Los [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:17 PM
To: 'Mike Guadagnino'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Firebox/SonicWall/Netscreen

NetScreen.  Don't waste your time on the rest, trust someone who works with them all every day.

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Ralph M. Los
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          EnterEdge Technology, L.L.C.
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::-----Original Message-----
::From: Mike Guadagnino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
::Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:09 PM
::To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
::Subject: Firebox/SonicWall/Netscreen
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::Hi there -
::
::After a fair amount of research I have narrowed my choices to these 3
::products:
::
::FireBox 1000
::SonicWall 200
::NetScreen 25
::
::These were based on performance with a big emphasis on ease
::of use (being a one man show here), for under $5000. I have
::about 300 clients connected to the Internet on a T1. I will
::be hosting a mail and multiple web servers (all with fairly
::low usage). Eventually about 50 of my users will be given VPN access.
::
::Just looking for any insights or comments on any of these
::products. Or, God forbid, any product I may have overlooked
::in this category.
::
::Thanks!
::Mike
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