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List:       inet-access
Subject:    RE: Firewalls and VPN's...suggestions?
From:       "W.D.McKinney" <dee () akwireless ! net>
Date:       2003-03-17 20:12:21
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We are using Mikrotik and some very nice small footprint boxen for remote
clients and a Mikrotik 1U for the central office. Very efficient. See
http://www.mikrotik.com

Dee

W.D.McKinney (Dee)
Alaska Wireless Systems
(907)349-4308 Office
(907)230-5048 Mobile
http://www.akwireless.net

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Subject: RE: Firewalls and VPN's...suggestions?



Cisco PIX 501/506E/515E/... all work very well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-list@inet-access.net [mailto:owner-list@inet-access.net]On
> Behalf Of Brent Wiese
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:45 AM
> To: list@inet-access.net
> Subject: RE: Firewalls and VPN's...suggestions?
>
>
> Check out Netscreen. All ranges of products for different speeds. I've
> used several of their lower-end models (25-50) and really like them.
> Their lower end units are a little pricey compared to some, but their
> higher-end are pretty reasonable.
>
> For t3 or less bandwidth, check out Snapgear. Their SME550 unit should
> do proud on a t3. Nicest thing about these is no VPN licensing and its
> only $499 for the SME550! Oddly, the the Pro+ is $799 and seems less
> capable, maybe an older unit they still sell for whatever reason.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-list@inet-access.net
> > [mailto:owner-list@inet-access.net] On Behalf Of Chris Bissell
> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 8:33 AM
> > To: list@inet-access.net
> > Subject: Firewalls and VPN's...suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
> > We are looking at purchasing a statefull Firewall and VPN for
> > our network
> > and was wondering what gear others have used and their
> > thoughts on the
> > performance.
> >
> > We have looked at Cybergaurd for the firewalls and even looked into
> > building our own.  We have looked at SonicWall and Nortel's
> > Contivitiy for
> > the VPNs.  We are not set on separate boxes for both
> > functions, but have
> > found that it seems like boxes are either really good
> > firewalls or really
> > good VPN's.  Obviously one type of box for both functions would ease
> > management duties.
> >
> > Our basic needs are, a firewall to protect our administration
> > servers and
> > our server farm servers
> > (DNS,Radius,Time,HTTP,HTTPs,FTP,SMTP).  We also
> > want to have the ability to provide off site employees access
> > to the office
> > network via VPN.  Routing abilities, multiple ethernets, and
> > the ability to
> > function in a redundant fashion, and filter traffic at
> > wirespeed with ~100
> > megs of traffic.  As a secondary need we are also looking
> > into providing
> > managed VPN access to our customers, however that need and
> > our own need for
> > VPNs likely means a much different horsepower box.  We are
> > looking for
> > something around the 40k range in price for the fully redundant setup.
> >
> > What gear have others had experience with or recommend?
> >
> >
> > Chris Bissell                               | Front Range
> > Internet, Inc.
> > cbissell@frii.net                           | www.frii.com
> > info@frii.com
> > Technical Operations                        | 970-212-0700
> > 800-935-6527
> >
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