Small Business Firewall Advice/Suggestion

[lucky420]

Hi all,
I have read most of the reviews and also the charts but they don't cover all of the mfg.
What I need is a Router/Firewall that in not wireless, has a minimum of 6 ports, will do deep packet inspection, handle at least 15 IP addresses, and has an interface that is user friendly. To be more specific, not like Adobe DreamWeaver CS3 or OmniPage 16 that are so hard to work with that they have over 100 hours of tutorials on each just to learn the basics. I may have forgot but a vpn is not critical but close. I have a server that is involved that host about 8 websites currently. Other than that there are 5 desktop computers and a NAS and that is all. Price isn't the biggest factor but would like to be reasonable if possible. Any comments other than "Use the search feature" as I have reasearched here and other places for about 30
now and am just becoming more confused then enlightended. Thanks in advance for any replies.


lucky420

[thiggins]

15 Public IPs or 15 LAN clients?

Off the top of my head, you might look at the Linksys RV0 series.
We reviewed the RV042 most recently, but the RV082 or RV016 might be more what you are looking for.

[lucky420]

Not sure I know what that is, they are static ip addresses from
my ISP which is verizon and I have the 50/20 fios service.
I might add, I don't want by speeds to turn into 10/3 because
of the deep packet inspections

[thiggins]

Static IP addresses from your ISP are the same as Public IP addresses.
I don't think the RV0s will handle that many one-to-one NATs. Do you really need to map 15 public IPs?

The RV042 download tested 54 Mbps down and 80 Mbps up. RV082 clocked in only around 20 Mbps, so that's out.

[YeOldeStonecat]

Originally Posted by thiggins

clocked in only around 20 Mbps, so that's out.

Since version 2 firmware though (which came after that test)..it's supposed to bench at wired speeds. Which I doubt, but when I ran mine on Comcast PB...I was nudging towards 30..which is about what powerboost peaked for in my area .

OP, the RV0 series is a fine and very stable router, solid, don't have to reboot it frequently like many less expensive models. I have near a hundred of them out there in production at clients.

RE: The VPN, the built in PPTP VPN server is rock solid, however, maximum of 5 users. The Linksys IPSec QuickVPN client however...yucko. So if you just need a couple of part time VPN connections, the PPTP VPN works well.

[thiggins]

Originally Posted by YeOldeStonecat

Since version 2 firmware though (which came after that test)..it's supposed to bench at wired speeds.

Thanks. That's good to know.

[lucky420]

Then I guess I was way off the reservation as I was considering either the SonicWall TZ190 or the Secure SnapGear SG580. I was leaning toward the SonicWall until I read the latest review that was not very flattering of the UTM capabilities of the "Small Business Routers.