What enterprise GigE Copper firewall?

JBod · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:17

Without spending say £4k (call it a max of £2k?) does anyone have any recommendations for a firewall?

Two requirements are gig line rate and VPN.

Thanks great people of OCUK!

JBod · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:56

andyd said:
Id personally say a Cisco ASA 5510/5520 or a Fortinet FortiGate box.

You got gig line rate through one?

JBod · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:29

iaind said:
What sort of company has a GigE WAN but can only afford 2k for a firewall?

GigE port in a DC isn't that much

Just trying to see what I can get without spending too much wonga.

JBod · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:47

andyd said:
I am some what confused here. What do you mean by "gig line rate" ?

From memory the Cisco ASA 5510 comes with 2 Gigabit Ethernet and the Cisco ASA 5520 comes with 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Or do you mean VPN Throughput rate?

Trust to Untrust (or lan to wan..) can you push 1Gbps? The reason I ask is that while they have gig ports you dont necessarily get gig throughput. Many actually quote things like 450Mbps IMIX.

JBod · 16 Sep 2009 at 09:45

Thanks for your help guys, it looks like I am going to go for 2 SSG320M's. I can get a pair for £3k. Together they will do about 800Mbps and I've used them before.