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FortiGate 100 Series is good if you have budget<br />
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otherwise<br />
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But if you have time then you can create free firewall on AMD 8 core processor with 16 gb ram PC with two NIC cards.<br />
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Free firewalls are followings:- <br />
1) IP cop<br />
2) pfsense<br />
3) &nbsp;smooth wall<br />
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OR check below links for other advices<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28135632/router-firewall-and-nas-for-30-users.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28135632/router-firewall-and-nas-for-30-users.html</a>
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FortiGate 100 Series is good if you have budget

otherwise

But if you have time then you can create free firewall on AMD 8 core processor with 16 gb ram PC with two NIC cards.

Free firewalls are followings:-
1) IP cop
2) pfsense
3)  smooth wall

OR check below links for other advices

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28135632/router-firewall-and-nas-for-30-users.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28135632/router-firewall-and-nas-for-30-users.html]

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&quot;Best&quot; is rather subjective.<br />
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What do <i>you</i> mean by &quot;Active Standby&quot;?<br />
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A pair Cisco ASA 5505's with a 50 user license will meet your requirements.
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"Best" is rather subjective.

What do you mean by "Active Standby"?

A pair Cisco ASA 5505's with a 50 user license will meet your requirements.

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Active Standby means , 1 firewall is active &amp;&nbsp;the 2nd firewall will be passive which means in case if the primary firewall fails &nbsp;the secondary firewall takes over
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Active Standby means , 1 firewall is active & the 2nd firewall will be passive which means in case if the primary firewall fails  the secondary firewall takes over

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I am looking for active standby firewall for 30 user setup.<br />
The firewall needs to be in active standby mode. The internet link capacity will be 2 Mbps &amp;&nbsp;the max user's who will be using will be 30 users. <br />
What is the best &amp;&nbsp;the recommended hardware model for this.
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I am looking for active standby firewall for 30 user setup.
The firewall needs to be in active standby mode. The internet link capacity will be 2 Mbps & the max user's who will be using will be 30 users. 
What is the best & the recommended hardware model for this.

Active Standy Firewall for SMB

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

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

Networking Hardware-Other

Network Management involves issues that are independent of specific hardware or software, including email policies, upgrade planning, backup scheduling and working with managed service providers for Desktop-As-A-Service (DaaS), Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) and the like through the use of tools, coupled with manufacturer standards, best practice guidelines, policies and procedures plus all other relevant documentation. Network management also includes monitoring, alerting and reporting, management reporting, planning for device or service updates, the backup of configurations, the setting of key performance indicators and measures (KPIs/KPMs), associated service level agreements and problem records as part of the IT Service Management (ITSM) framework.