Re: 3Com Superstack 3 or Sonicwall PRO 300

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Date: 10/30/02 

Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:08:02 -0600

I did have stability problems with my Sonicwall, I still have a Tele3 in my
orgnazation that crashes bi-weekly.

Without know the specifics of your organization, and what applications you
have, I would be hesitent to say "Here, this one" I can only relate my own
personal experience. Honestly, I know nothing about the Superstack. For
all I know it is the best firewall made, and also makes great coffee. I
have had positive experiences with: Watchguards, Netscreens, and (limited
experience) PIX's (although I have issues with Cisco's licencing, the
hardware itself seems good.) All would have a product that would meet your
needs. Currently, at the central office I am using a Netscreen-50 with
InsideOut Firewall reporter by www.stonylakesolutions.com. I guess I
couldn't me more content with the setup.

"Keith Whyte" <chemo@buca.org> wrote in message
news:apou6u$fuj$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> Sorry, I should have left that VPN info out, 200 licenses will be more
than
> enough. Though I will have a large number of remote users.
>
> The criteria is that it needs to be easy to set up and stable. That
worries
> me that you say that you had problems, and from what I can see their
support
> isn't up to much either.
>
> It should have a DMZ port (for email/web server) and have good reporting.
I
> don't really need web filtering or anti-virus features.
>
> I ended up with these two after deciding that I need a hardware as opposed
> to software solution and these two came out best in a labs test in PCPro
and
> I thought they fulfilled my need. Also they were the best I could get
within
> my allocated budget. Not very scientific I'm afraid.
>
> "W. B." <civikminded@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:GySv9.7458$YJ1.6550534@ruti.visi.com...
> > My advice is dont use how many VPN clients you get as the basis of your
> > decision. Both of these products use the IRE SafeNet-PK VPN Client.
The
> > software is licenced from a seperate company, and costs them almost
> nothing
> > to provide, but their marketing departments know that people like the
word
> > 'unlimited'.
> >
> > I had a pro 300 for a while. I found it to be easy to use, but rather
> > unstable.
> >
> > What criteria do you have, and how did you end up with these two?
>
>