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05-30-2013, 05:55 PM
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Registered: Apr 2010
Location: India /Hyderabad
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site to site vpn cisco or sonic wall
hi all how r u,
i'm posting after a long time,
our organization opening new branch in other city, i need to arraqnge connectivity between ho and new branch. i'm littl poor in purchasing and networking. i just want to know which one is better cisco router or sonic firewall. can we use does cisco router work like firewall as well or i need to go for exclusively for firewall ???
please help me in this regards.
thanks in advance.
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05-30-2013, 10:12 PM
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Hi Gil@LQ, Welcome back. The question really depends on how much you prefer to spend and what kind of connectivity you require. Do the offices just need to share server resources like files and printers or is there a database/application that has to be shared? Do users also need vpn access, how often, how many? What is the budget?
That said, if you don't have any resource intensive applications and just have a few users that need vpn access, Cisco makes a Small Business line of routers that are relatively inexpensive. in the $300-400 range. The Sonicwall TZ series is along the same line, but a bit more expensive in the $550-700 range.
I haven't personally used any Sonicwall products since Dell purchased them, so I don't know the quality of the current lines, but they did a little better job at content filtering in my opinion. Other than content filtering, the Cisco Small Business line, the higher end products anyway, do just as well. We currently have a couple of RV220W boxes running well for over a year with remote users accessing vpn on both ends frequently. I would stay away from the lower end of the Cisco routers as the boards inside are basically personal or home network router caliber. Check the specs on the model for the chipsets.
Hope something there helps.
Good luck. ;-)
Last edited by Peacedog; 05-30-2013 at 10:15 PM.
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05-31-2013, 01:56 AM
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thank you peacedog,
no databases, my users connect via vnc, putty, web apps running on remote web severs like svn, websites etc...
some times vpn.
i guess there is no gui for cisco ?
thank you.
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05-31-2013, 09:41 AM
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i would go with a small netscreen/juniper fw. how does the carrier drop off the connectivity (metroE, other)?
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Originally Posted by Gil@LQ
i guess there is no gui for cisco ?
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crisco has gui these days, its their ASDM, but i am not 100% on which crisco devices it supports (they have so many, etc).
Last edited by Linux_Kidd; 05-31-2013 at 09:43 AM.
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05-31-2013, 05:10 PM
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I have site 2 site VPN via Sonicwall setup between two sites, its very smooth and easy to configure, documentation is very clear, there are number of videos on youtube on how to get it done.
I'm using NSA2400 module it ranges between (2 - 3K) each, I prefer dealing with GUI when it comes to networking, even tho I have been senior Linux admin for the past 5 years, I still prefer a GUI to help isolate issues quickly.
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06-01-2013, 04:50 PM
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thanks all of you for your time,
I'll go with sonic wall, mine is like small organization. I'm in doubt what TZ series could be small, but if i go for NSA, looks expresive.
not much knowledge in sonic wall firewall series, you people please suggest me, not too expresive at the same time should be small so that i'll have to buy another for new features or scalability.
Thanks you very much
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06-03-2013, 08:26 PM
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Hi Gil@LQ, The TZ series is on the less expensive end of the Sonicwall products. Geared toward small business use.
http://www.sonicwall.com/in/en/products/TZ_Series.html
Good luck. ;-)
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