Would you trust your small business to this router/ firewall?? Netgear FVS318. Link to product inside.

[PlatinumGold]

Link

What do you think fellas. the key is the Firewall is SPI. is that sufficient, or would smoothwall be better.

 

[Fatt]

I think I like a Cisco 806 but Netgear makes some fine products.

 

[wlee]

The Netgear V318 has VERY buggy firmware from what everyone tells me. A friend of mine has the Cisco806 w/ VPN license and it's quite reliable, but unless you are really famil with IOS, it's a B*TCH to setup. A better option might be the Zyxel ZyWALL 10-II.

 

[Fatt]

Nahhh, you can get the easy IP with the cisco 806.

It's a good SOHO router for cable/dsl, which is what a lot of SOHOs are using these days.

There are other 800 series routers for other types of connections.

And the Cisco IOS is really nice if you want to really get into locking down your network.

Plus it supports not just RIP v1 & v2 but also EIGRP.

Here. Take a look.

Easy to Deploy and Set Up

The Cisco 806 Router includes the Cisco Router Web Setup tool (CRWS) tool, a Web-based configuration tool for simplified installation and setup. To configure the router, users simply point a Web browser to the IP address of the router and follow a few simple steps. This allows the Cisco 806 Router to be readily installed by nontechnical personnel or end users and allows a user to easily enable the stateful firewall.

 

[PlatinumGold]

thx fellas. that cisco looks pretty good.

 

[jbritt1234]

The Cisco 806 is a great piece of equipment, but If you want a true firewall, then go with Cisco PIX. They are great, we have put them in several of our clients businesses, ranging from small Dr. offices to a nation wide financial institution. They are not cheep but they are very good!

Here is a link to the product page.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/prod_models_home.html

If you are in the East Tennessee area, I can get it set up and installed for you...

 

[PlatinumGold]

How does this cisco compare to the Linux based ones?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Originally posted by: wlee
The Netgear V318 has VERY buggy firmware from what everyone tells me. A friend of mine has the Cisco806 w/ VPN license and it's quite reliable, but unless you are really famil with IOS, it's a B*TCH to setup. A better option might be the Zyxel ZyWALL 10-II.

I have this router and the firmware was VERY VERY VERY buggy. It would drop TCP packets like mad until I upgraded to the beta firmware. I like the router and it's functionality, but I think the problems it had were ridiculous.

 

[Fatt]

Originally posted by: jbritt1234
The Cisco 806 is a great piece of equipment, but If you want a true firewall, then go with Cisco PIX.

You would choose PIX over an extended ACL?

<shrug>

 

[jbritt1234]

Originally posted by: Fatt

You would choose PIX over an extended ACL?
<shrug>[/quote]

What are you talking about? Extended ACL is a command that allows routers to talk together, Telnet from one router to the next. That's used in a VPN situation with IPsec. Any yes, PIX does IPsec and has a very easy VPN client. Through personal experience, yes I would choose that.

Soooo... <shrug>

There are different levels of the PIX and some of them are very reasonable for SOHO.

 

[dartblazer]

i believe the 501 pix is comparably priced to the 806, unless you're in the academic program. i would also probably choose a 501 over the 806 though because in the long run it can give you more options, and im not sure if the 806 has ids or not?

But if depends on the office environment. How many machines, how much can you spend, how much time can be lost to downtime of equipment, reliability, etc. etc.

If this is a soho where there's 5 people working who just wanna access a cable intenet connection, go with a linksys or netgear, whichever color you like better. If the office will have 10 or more concurrent internet sessions, and you're concerned about security, and have reason, go with a cisco product.

unless of course you're doing actual consulting, then they need a cisco pix 515.

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: jbritt1234
The Cisco 806 is a great piece of equipment, but If you want a true firewall, then go with Cisco PIX. They are great, we have put them in several of our clients businesses, ranging from small Dr. offices to a nation wide financial institution. They are not cheep but they are very good!

Here is a link to the product page.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/prod_models_home.html

If you are in the East Tennessee area, I can get it set up and installed for you...

where in east tennessee? I used to live in Jefferson City

 

[Poontos]

Originally posted by: jbritt1234

Originally posted by: Fatt

You would choose PIX over an extended ACL?
<shrug>

What are you talking about? Extended ACL is a command that allows routers to talk together, Telnet from one router to the next. That's used in a VPN situation with IPsec. Any yes, PIX does IPsec and has a very easy VPN client. Through personal experience, yes I would choose that.

Soooo... <shrug>

There are different levels of the PIX and some of them are very reasonable for SOHO.[/quote]
Whatchew talkin' about? Extended ACL's (Access Control List) allows more configuration options to control access at your Cisco routers. Turns them into to basic firewalls/packet filters.

 

[Fatt]

Originally posted by: jbritt1234

Extended ACL is a command that allows routers to talk together, Telnet from one router to the next.

Really.

Don't take this the wrong way but I think you may want to brush up on the Cisco IOS in general and Access Lists in particular.


Oh and by the way:

Router#conf t
Router(config)#line vty 0 4
Router(config)#password xxxx
Router(config)#login
Router(config)#CONTROL + Z

 

[jbritt1234]

I do admit that I am really new to Cisco... I started studying for the CCNA about 2 days ago. We have a guy here at work that is a CCNP, guess I should have asked him about the ACL. I looked it up on the Cisco site after you mentioned it, it gave an example. I went back and looked at it again and it was just talking about a small, specific case... So, yes, about that I didn't know what I was saying. Sorry...

BUT!!! I still like the PIX. My company has put in many of them over the last several months. They always perform well. (i'm not the one programming them obviously).

 

[Fatt]

It's OK...

I managed to cry myself to sleep.


But....
While I respect that you have a right to an opinion, I will also make the prediction that once you become truly familiar with the capabilities of Access Control Lists that you will change your mind.