A "NetScreen Fan" who wants to argue a price list with a vendor on a Firewall mail list. Too cute. Everyone has an opinion. You are welcome to air yours.
Liberty for All, Brian At 05:30 PM 2/21/2002 -0700, Joe Vasquez wrote: >Brian, > >"The 515E will outperform any of the competitors you mentioned on a T-1 >Internet connection." > > >The Cisco bundle with the VPN accelerator, added network cards and 3DES >license (not including Smart Net) would easily be around $7K. The items Mike >listed are more in the $3k range. The model mentioned is not a fair >competitor. > >I cannot speak for the others, but based on the feedback of customers I >think a Netscreen 25 would still compete extremely well against the higher >priced unit especially if there is only a T1 worth of activity coming in. > >Joe >Netscreen Fan > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Ford >Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:21 AM >To: Mike Guadagnino >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Internet Firewall (Was: Firebox/SonicWall/Netscreen) > > >Mike, > >I'd suggest looking at a Cisco 515E running either v6.1(2) or v6.2 PIX OS >and PDM (PIX Device Manager) v1.0(2) or 2.0. > >Both are equipped with the on board new setup wizard. This greatly >simplifies the install process. You should have the firewall installed and >running in less than 20 minutes. Setting up mail and web servers is >integrated into the setup process. > >PDM is the GUI for the PIX. It's a signed Java applet also on board the >PIX. You can access it via a browser running SSL. You define what range >of addresses are allowed to access PDM during setup. The earlier version 1 >of PDM still requires that you use the command line interface to set up a >few functions. PDM v2.0 just about completely removes the need to look at >the command line. > >The 515E features an integrated VPN accelerator. The 515E will outperform >any of the competitors you mentioned on a T-1 Internet connection. The >Cisco VPN client runs on Windows 95 OSR2 and all later Microsoft Windows >operating systems (98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP). We also have VPN clients for >Mac 8, 9, and X. And a Linux client. We should have a Solaris client by >late Summer. Our "VPN Dialer" is very easy to install and support. > >Something you may want to consider is failover. The PIX failover bundle >solution is very reasonably priced (we don't charge you full price for a >second PIX). > >I think you'll be pleased with Cisco TAC support. > >HTH. > >Liberty for All, > >Brian > > >At 03:15 PM 2/20/2002 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:09:22 -0800 > >From: "Mike Guadagnino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Firebox/SonicWall/Netscreen > > > >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 > >_______________________________________________ >Firewalls mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
