Wired connectivity is going to be around for a while - even for EUC. Lots of orgs (governments, banks etc.) have limited or no wireless available for various reasons.
Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2013 5:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Guest network security I didn't know that Sophos had gotten into the hardware world. That's very interesting, and I'll have to take a look at it. Just as an aside - I think that wired end-point connectivity is going the way of the dodo, except for the most demanding loads, so it make a deal of sense for them to do that. Kurt On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > My bad. I bought a Sophos AP 30 to go along with the firewall hardware. > This AP alone was about 45% of the total cost of the project, but I > still saved a good chunk of change over the SonicWall TZ + SonicPoint > solution that I had been planning on buying before finding the Sophos home > license. > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So your wireless is served elsewise? >> >> Kurt >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I chose to build a new system so it would be small and silent >> > rather than use an old computer lying around the house. >> > >> > I went with: >> > >> > Intel D2500CCE fanless mini-ITX motherboard (Dual core 1.86 GHz >> > Atom CPU with dual Intel NICs onboard) >> > >> > 4 GB RAM >> > >> > 128GB Vertex 4 SSD >> > >> > It has been in 'production' for a couple of weeks now, and is >> > stable and very fast. I also really like having the content >> > filtering and antivirus capabilities of a UTM firewall at home. >> > >> > The management interface is a little weird at first, but you get >> > used to it. >> > >> > I demo'ed the software in a VirtualBox VM for a week or so before >> > pulling the trigger on the hardware expense. >> > >> > If anyone is interested, the page at Sophos describing the offering is: >> > >> > http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edi >> > tion.aspx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
