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SonicWall vs cisco vpn firewall
i have 25 remote locations with 2-5 users in them. i have quotes for a cisco asa 5510 at the HQ and cisco 881 routers at remote sites. i also have a quote for Sonicwall NSA 3500 at HQ and TZ190 at remote sites. I need a VPN setup between here and sites for timeclock, and another app via browser. Can anyone offer any suggestions/insight on Sonicwall, i know nothing of them and just wanted opinions on reliablity, setup, support, etc. they are cheaper but have heard they are "better" then cisco but that is from salesy folk.....just wondering if anyone can back that up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have used NSA 3500's and 5510s. The SonicWall is far cheaper than the Cisco. Also its IPS/IDS/GAV/GAS is far quicker than the 5510 will ever be.
Simplicity of setup is also in favour of the SonicWall over the Cisco and so is making changes. The only advantage i see in the Cisco is that its implementation of VPN Client (software) is better than SonicWall.
Other than that we have replaced several Cisco PIX firewalls with NSA 2400/3500's and have been very happy with their performance, support, managability and reliablity. On top of this the licensing and support is approx half the cost of Cisco.
Simplicity of setup is also in favour of the SonicWall over the Cisco and so is making changes. The only advantage i see in the Cisco is that its implementation of VPN Client (software) is better than SonicWall.
Other than that we have replaced several Cisco PIX firewalls with NSA 2400/3500's and have been very happy with their performance, support, managability and reliablity. On top of this the licensing and support is approx half the cost of Cisco.
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