The IP330 is a Nokia Appliance.Check Point is the software. You have to get a Check Point Licence (for the software) and buy a Nokia box (The IP330). It is a very nice box. Good performance for medium sized bussiness. We sell Nokia/Check Point and Netscreen: if you like Check Point (the easy way of configuring rules, and everything they say is nice) and don't mind paying the extra bucks... go for it; if you don't have too much money but don't need all the functionalities of a Router (like the Nokia is: RIP, BGP, dinamic routing, and so on), go for the Netscreen (25 or 50, depending on the size of yor company).
I prefer Netscreen: is an ASIC firewall, the best performance ever (better than the nokia IP330), and it comes with many thing that you'll have to buy separetly from Check Point: QoS, User Acounting Manager,... and, the best of all: it's like half the price you'll pay for a Nokia/Check Point Box. Although, if you need a real router gateway with dynamic routing, FDDI interfaces, executing shells, and so on... go for the Nokia. Cheers. LB -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chen Shiyuan Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FW-1] Nokia IP330 & Checkpoint Firewall Hello everyone, I am currently looking around for some appliance based firewall to use and came across the Nokia IP330 which I think may suit my needs. I would like to check if anyone uses the IP330 and how is the performance like compared to others like Netscreen & Sonicwall or Watchguard? Does the IP330 come with the Checkpoint firewall preinstalled (and I need to get the license separately) or does it come in just the plain chassis and I need to purchase BOTH the Checkpoint firewall software as well as the license separately? I was searching the web and while the Nokia and Checkpoint websites indicates that the Checkpoint software is pre-installed, (1) Checkpoint http://www.nokia.com/networks/product_catalog/pc_product_highlights/1,55 67,,00.html?prod_id=NIC00011&path=mcat&mcat=34269&scat=38669&tech_id=&ra nge_id=&query (2) Nokia http://www.checkpoint.com/products/choice/platforms/nokiaip330.html Some sites like SecureHQ seems to indicate otherwise, (3) SecureHQ https://www.securehq.com/shqbuyersguide.wml&sessionid=20021027453212220&; storeid=1&vendorid=21 Before I plunge my nose into the product, could someone who has got real hand experience with the IP330 or familiar with Checkpoint help me with my queries? Many thanks for your time and have a nice day, ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
