[PLUG] tiny-box gateway routers, linux-based?

[Anthony Schlemmer]

We started in our office with a Netgear FVS318 but since it was limited 
to only 8 VPN tunnels so we soon out grew it. Our company's management 
has been pleased with the SnapGear boxes since other appliance 
solutions like SonicWall, or WatchGuard are much more expensive. The 
SME570s supports up to 500 VPN tunnels simultaneously and so in the end 
is very cheap and gives us alot of room to grow.

The Soekris looks great but for some of people it's not going to fly 
since buywe has to put some piences together and install the software. 
The order page makes it clear that if you don't know what you're doing 
and can't get any help with the installing the software don't place an 
order.

If I was consulting for a small business I'd recommend a Netgear FVS318 
myself. It's easy to configure, cheap, and does the job quite nicely.

Tony

On Friday 30 January 2004 23:11 pm, Russell Senior wrote:
> >>>>> "Anthony" == Anthony Schlemmer <aschlemm at comcast.net> writes:
>
> Russell> What do people like, and do any of them run linux under the
> Russell> covers (in a potentially useful way)?
>
> Anthony> The company I work for has purchased 3 SME570 boxes [...]
>
> Ouch!  About $600 a piece.
>
> Anthony> I'm contemplating one for my home so I don't have to keep a
> Anthony> PC-based firewall running all of the time. For my home I
> Anthony> don't need a unit with the hardware encryption engine and so
> Anthony> I'd probably go with the SME530.
>
> Ouch encore.  SME530 is $350.
>
> For less than that I can buy a soekris:
>
>   <http://www.soekris.com/>

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Anthony Schlemmer
aschlemm at comcast.net