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Do you know if it can run as a router or does it have to run in transparent mode?
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Do you know if it can run as a router or does it have to run in transparent mode?

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i'm not sure what your question means. you don't have to run it in transparent mode. it is a firewall and will route traffic regardless. the key here is what's happening with the traffic as it passes LAN &lt;&gt;&nbsp;WAN. since it is a firewall, it will NAT that traffic. you can't turn that off...well, you could, in a way, but you'd be using it outside of the scope the hardware was meant to be used.<br />
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make sense. am i understanding correctly?
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i'm not sure what your question means. you don't have to run it in transparent mode. it is a firewall and will route traffic regardless. the key here is what's happening with the traffic as it passes LAN <> WAN. since it is a firewall, it will NAT that traffic. you can't turn that off...well, you could, in a way, but you'd be using it outside of the scope the hardware was meant to be used.

make sense. am i understanding correctly?

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you're welcome. thanks for the points!
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We currently have a Gatedefender Integra as our UTM. &nbsp;Our service contract is coming for renewal and I would like to replace it with a new UTM. &nbsp;I am looking at Sonicwall TZ 210. &nbsp;Can anyone tell me if the user has to login (other than his Window 2003 account) to have access to the services offered by the TZ 210? &nbsp;Before, getting the Gatedender Integra, I had been looking into UTMs and some required the user to not only log in to their windows account, but also into a UTM account. &nbsp;<br />
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Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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We currently have a Gatedefender Integra as our UTM.  Our service contract is coming for renewal and I would like to replace it with a new UTM.  I am looking at Sonicwall TZ 210.  Can anyone tell me if the user has to login (other than his Window 2003 account) to have access to the services offered by the TZ 210?  Before, getting the Gatedender Integra, I had been looking into UTMs and some required the user to not only log in to their windows account, but also into a UTM account.  

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Is the use of a Sonic TZ 210 transparent to the client

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.

Hardware Firewalls

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.