Re: Need small office hardware firewall advice.

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Date: 10/31/02 

Date: 30 Oct 2002 20:53:09 -0800

> If you are not going to use NAT, steer clear of Sonicwall. Their devices in
> standard mode have several undocumented limitations, especially when it
> comes to IKE VPNs. I have also found that their tech support has no idea
> why someone would NOT want to run it in NAT. They want you to run your
> network to facilitate the firewall, which I think your firewall should
> facilitate the network.

undocumented limitations such as...what?

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