Those 515 UR pix's should run no more than 12 grand and about $200 per additional interfaces. the standard UR 515 comes with 2 interfaces, you would most likely need 2 more perhaps. along with the 7x24 onsite support and the possibility that you might need the 3DES license ($1000) then that would put you right around the $15,000 area. Verify with them all the requirements, specifics on the support (make sure you get the Smartnet part number from them, and have them forward you a scope of services or SLA that will justify the need and cost for a 3DES license if they are proposing it. Other than that, it does not look they are taking you for a ride.
-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 7:51 AM To: Security-basics Subject: Firewall Costs Hello everybody, our IT provider offered us a FW solution to separate three industrial production subnetworks from an LAN used by the office personal. There is the necessity to have some data exchange between a couple of NT machines on the different networks. The offer was a CISCO PIX 515-UR. They want to have almost 15.000 US$ plus about 11 persondays every year for maintaining the FW. Sounds quite high to me. What are your experiences? Thanks Thomas
