The inflated pricing is due to the old versions of licences you have - the price includes legacy subscriptions to bring them back under current support.
Sometimes it is cheaper to purchase new licences, and get the new features of the upgrade JP -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Osterberg Sent: Saturday, 8 September 2007 12:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FW-1] VPN product comparisons OK - I was previously asking about the UTM-1 appliance products... I'm now doing some research into the software solutions for the VPN/UTM platform. The sticky part on the UTM-1 appliance is that replacement in a hardware failure becomes expensive or slow. 4-hour on-site is expensive. With a software solution, I can have my own standby hardware much easier and much cheaper. What I can't understand from the Checkpoint web site is -- what is the difference between: * VPN-1 UTM * VPN-1 Power * VPN-1 UTM Power The only real difference that I can find is that each one gets more expensive. Why isn't there some sort of a feature comparison matrix available for these products? Checkpoint has about the worst product information online that I've ever seen! My further question -- I've got an existing license for the VPN gateway software. My license is CPVP-VIG-100-NG (VPN-1 Internet Gateway for 100 IP address). Obviously, this is a product that does not really exist anymore. (I also apparently have licenses for CPVP-VPS-1-NG, which I don't really understand what it is for, and also CPVP-VSR-1000-NG, which is obviously a SecuRemote license that is free.) My support is out-of-date for this license. My question is -- if I renew my support on the CPVP-VIG-100-NG license, what current product do I end up on? Do I end up with VPN-1 UTM, Power, or UTM+Power? What's bizarre is that if I go to the Checkpoint support center, and ask it to give me a price to get my support current, it tells me that the 'retail value' of my products is $8840 in doing its calculations. However, even the most expensive VPN-1 product, the VPN-1 UTM Power, has a _list_ price of $7000 for the 100-IP version. So where the heck are they getting that inflated number?? Thanks for any help for an obviously confused customer. -Rick ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= ##################################################################################### Important: This electronic message and attachments (if any) are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient do not copy, disclose or use the contents in any way. Please let us know by return e-mail immediately and then destroy this message. ##################################################################################### ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
