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Cisco 501 vs Cheap Dlink firewall

Hi Folks,

At the moment I have my network inside two firewalls, a Cisco 501 inside a cheap Dlink.

However to let employees login from home I need to cut down to one firewall. I've given up on trying to let people through both

The cisco 501 is from 2003, I am concerned that there are no updates for it, so there might be security holes, but I just don;t know this

The dlink is newer, about 2-3 years old.

My question is, would you feel confident about just having that cisco 501 firewall wired direct to the ISP ? Or do you think I'd be better off using the dlink up front and drop the cisco completely ??

thanks
paul

Reubenwelsh

When you say a cheap dlink, do you mean the home user type ones or just that its cheap compared to the cisco?

If its a Middlerange dlink for buissneses i would drop the cisco one, dlink arnt far behind cisco these days and to be honest cisco arn't what they used to be. Were going over to dlink at my workplace soon since they are so much better value for money.

Drop Cisco and keep the dlink unless its a home user firewall.

plq

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Yes its a home user DLink. DI 604 I think. Are they known to be hackable then ?

thanks

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plq

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OK thanks. The 604 is facing the web at the moment, and our download speeds through a 50mbps connection are not limited by the 604 at all

Maybe I'll turn on windows firewall via AD throughout the LAN just in case !

Reubenwelsh

Well in that case maybe you where lucky with it. But i would definatly keep the cisco just in case :)

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