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Yeah, Cisco bungled that.<br />
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You could use a Dell Sonicwall TZ 215 instead, with one gotcha: you can't bridge the wired interfaces AND the wireless interface. It's one or the other.<br />
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HTH,<br />
Dan
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Yeah, Cisco bungled that.

You could use a Dell Sonicwall TZ 215 instead, with one gotcha: you can't bridge the wired interfaces AND the wireless interface. It's one or the other.

HTH,
Dan

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Before you advice an Sonicwall Device. the throughput must be specified. <br />
the NSA 240 or 250 is more compatible to a Cisco ASA5505/5506
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Before you advice an Sonicwall Device. the throughput must be specified.
the NSA 240 or 250 is more compatible to a Cisco ASA5505/5506

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You lose the PoE as well m8<br />
<a href="http://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0001091.htm" rel="ugc">Replace an ASA 5505 with an ASA 5506-X</a><br />
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Pete
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You lose the PoE as well m8
Replace an ASA 5505 with an ASA 5506-X [http://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0001091.htm]


Pete

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In the past I have always deployed an ASA5505 in a small office. &nbsp;Customers loved it as it was cheap and acted as a switch too. &nbsp;Now one of the my customers is opening up a couple branch offices, and I was looking at the ASA5506. &nbsp;From what I'm reading, it has 8 ports but they cannot be used as switchports, only as routed ports. &nbsp;If I want to use a 5506, is my only option to also purchase a switch for the couple workstations they have at this branch office? &nbsp;If so this is not cost effective at all and really disappointments me as I may have to find a solution other than Cisco for these branch offices.
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In the past I have always deployed an ASA5505 in a small office.  Customers loved it as it was cheap and acted as a switch too.  Now one of the my customers is opening up a couple branch offices, and I was looking at the ASA5506.  From what I'm reading, it has 8 ports but they cannot be used as switchports, only as routed ports.  If I want to use a 5506, is my only option to also purchase a switch for the couple workstations they have at this branch office?  If so this is not cost effective at all and really disappointments me as I may have to find a solution other than Cisco for these branch offices.

No Switchports on ASA5506?

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