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Seconding the 5GT. For the money, it does a decent job. The basic license that Amerinet sells with it only covers 10 IPs on the trusted side. So if you have more than 10 users, you will need the extended license, which doubles the price of the box. Still only about 500$. Jesse Howard _______________________ IT Administrator Michigan State University Press [log in to unmask] www.msupress.msu.edu -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dean R Olson III Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Hardware Firewall? 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 > > |Orion A Smith, REACH Technology Coordinator| > |457 Erickson Hall, MSU (517)432-4022| > [log in to unmask] > No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.10/873 - Release Date: 6/26/2007 11:54 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.10/873 - Release Date: 6/26/2007 11:54 PM