On 5/May/16 19:53, Ken Chase wrote:
> Looking around at different SMB firewalls to standardize on so we can start > training up our level 2/3 techs instead of dealing with a mess of different > vendors > at cust premises. > > I've run into a few firewalls that were not sip or 323 friendly however, > wondering > what your experiences are. Need something cheap enough (certainly <$1k, > <$500-750 better) > that we are comfortable telling endpoints to toss current gear/buy additional > gear. > > Basic firewalling of course is covered, but also need port range forwarding > (not available until later ASA versions for eg was an issue), QoS (port/flow > based as well as possibly actually talking some real QoS protocols) and VPN > capabilities (not sure if many do without #seats licensing schemes which get > irritating to clients). > > We'd like a bit of diagnostic capability (say tcpdump or the like, via shell > preferred) - I realize a PFsense unit would be great, but might not have > enough brand name recognition to make the master client happy plopping down as > a CPE at end client sites. (I know, "there's only one brand, Cisco." ASA5506x > is a > bit $$ and licensing acrobatics get irritating for end customers.) pfSense. Mark.