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Hi Orion, 

I'd recommend the Netscreen 5GT.  This should fit your budget just fine. 

http://www.juniper.net/products_and_services/firewall_slash_ipsec_vpn/netscr 
een_5_series/ 

Dean 


Orion Smith writes: 

> Hi all, 
> 
> I am looking for suggestions for a sub-$600 hardware firewall solution.  I'm
> primarily a developer but am also responsible for our server (the one-man IT
> department).  I am not a network-head; at one point I tried to homebrew a
> Linux box for this purpose and a week later just had a big headache.  I
> would thus prefer something easy to manage, that I can forget about unless
> there's a problem and then it tells me there's a problem and gives me tools
> I can understand to investigate.  We need to use multiple-IP NAT (multiple
> outside addresses, mapped to a handful of inside computers with some inside
> computers using multiple outside addresses), also good server routing tables
> so I can send people looking for our websites to the right destinations.  I
> had been interested in the Chilibox until my boss found some
> less-than-stellar reviews of the product.  I'm willing to sacrifice
> flexibility and even some performance for peace of mind and ease of
> management.  Any ideas? 
> 
>  
> 
> -Orion 
> 
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