Good VPN Firewall?

macally · 30 Dec 2012 at 22:18

Can anyone please recommend a good VPN Firewall?

I have been looking at the Netgear FVG318 on ebay as they're only about £20 but are they any good?

I just basically need something to secure a network and to allow VPN access.

Thanks in advance

macally · 30 Dec 2012 at 23:07

bremen1874 said:
Vigor2830 or Vigor2920 (both rather more than £20 even second-hand).

The older Vigor2820 could be worth a look. The the bandwidth is lower, but still several times better than a FVG318.

a bit out of my price range but thanks for the suggestions.

macally · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:22

iaind said:
What sort of enterprise network are you securing that you can't stretch to £60 used for a 2820?

Its a network on a budget for a friend's charity, it's not an 'enterprise network' as such and funds are limited. £60's not bad but I've yet to see any Vigor 2820's sell for that.

Thanks for all the suggestions to everyone. I've been informed that I can use the VPN features in SBS2011 rather than the VPN features on the firewall so don't actually need a 'VPN Firewall'.

I've bought a Netgear SRXN3205 to have a play with but would still like peoples advice as I'm new to firewalls, etc.

macally · 2 Jan 2013 at 17:49

bremen1874 said:
Have you looked at the SBS2011 Remote Web Access features?

yeah I actually use that at work but my friend just wants to be able to access files from the server on his pc at home.