So far they've handled the load just fine. I can't discern any speed difference, and the CPU usage stays pretty low most of the time.
The only site to site VPN I had to re-establish was a bit tricky to set up because it's actually host to host within the sites. There are several NAT rules involved in addition to the VPN setup itself. I had to bang on it for a while, but figured out how to do it relatively quickly. HTH On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:37 AM, paul d <[email protected]> wrote: > Rich, > I also have a couple of 515e's I'll be replacing in the next year or so. > How did the NSA's handle the load? How about site to site VPN's? Hard to > configure or piece of cake? > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:00:11 -0500 > Subject: Re: Gateway security > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I recently replaced a couple of Pix 515e firewalls with a failover pair of > SonicWall NSA 240s. It has been a great improvement and a tremendous cost > saver. There are a couple of goofy things with the NSA 240 and the way we > do content filtering, but I figured out an acceptable workaround. I have no > experience with the Prosecure devices, but I highly recommend looking at > this type of UTM device for a small shop. SonicWall gave me a 30 day trial > and it looks like Netgear does the same. I'm sure most of the other vendors > have similar programs. You can try several of them out and see which one > you like best. > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:25 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > This will sound like a silly question, but would something like this be a > worthwhile improvement over a 5yr-old SonicWALL SMB (I forget the model, not > a TZ but it was one of their less expensive firewalls a few years ago). > > > > http://www.netgear.com/Products/ProSecure/UTM/UTM25.aspx > > > > What do you guys recommend for this type of device in the SMB space (<500 > employees)? > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/> > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
