On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:11:18 -0500 dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The last one I bought on eBay was a Fortigate-60A for < $200. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5850180053&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1 > > I like the dual Wan interface. The 60A can handle a T3 and a T1 with > failover. They can also do antivirus at the firewall. I've done PIX, > but not since the GUI interface. It was a real PITA to deal with > Telnet programming and even Cisco support messed up the config more > often than not. They used "conduits" as I recall. Not intuitive - at > least not for me. No idea on the Zytel. I can program the Fortigate > myself. That means it is idiot proof. Very easy, by firewall > standards. No doubt you can do more with the PIX - if you ever figure > out how... I bought a PIX501 on eBay and haven't been able to get it to work. It's supposed to have a web interface, but it doesn't respond correctly with Netscape on Linux. I haven't tried it on IE, though that SHOULDN'T make any difference! Craig
