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Which Firewall and VPN hardware device to use??

Asked by rsalunkhe in Network Software Firewalls, Cisco PIX Firewall, Consumer Firewalls

Tags: firewall, device, hardware, how

Hi,

I am a Windows system administrator for a medium scale company.

I need to suggest a powerful firewall and VPN device and configure it with VPN access for atleast a 100 users for a new requirement. The traffic will also be considerable.

Being more of a system administrator i have only a basic idea of network products specially Cisco and defnitely not an expert. So i need some advice. (The company prefers a Cisco product.)

The network consists of a Windows 2000 domain with 40 PCs, 2 domain controllers. Along with these machines, there are 5 SQL database servers and an exchange server that will be behind the new firewall and 2 web servers in the DMZ.

Clients will VPN into the network to connect to the database servers.

Which is the best PIX firewall model with VPN functionality i should choose?
What features should i be looking at for the requirement above?
What points do i have to keep in mind?
How difficult is it configure a PIX firewall?
How difficult is it to configure a VPN setup?

I am thinking of a Cisco PIX 515 E firewall. But i do not know abt the VPN capabilities.

There is one thing i did not understand about the 515 choices-
There are 3 options for 515E and i do not understand the differences between them clearly.

1)PIX 515E Firewall Chassis, Unrestricted software, with 2 10/100BASE-TX ports VAC ($5300)

2)PIX 515E bundle includes chassis restricted software and 2 FE ports ($2550)

3) PIX 515E Chassis, Restricted software, 3 FE Ports ($2700)

Wht exactly are the differences specially with respect to Unrestricted software and restricted software?

I DO NOT have any experience on Cisco PIX firewalls or VPN setup. But I am sure i should be able to configure them by reading documentation.

I am giving this question a 100 points but depending upon the answers and help i get ...... i wil double or even triple the points.

Thanks
 
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