ZyXEL ZyWALL 5 Internet Security Firewall Appliance With 4 10/100 Fast Ethernet Ports and 10 IPSec VPN Tunnels


Product Feature
- WAN 4 LAN/DMZ PORTS
Product Description
4 x 10/100Base-TX DMZ/LAN, 1 x Console Management, 1 x 10/100Base-TX Backup, 1 x WAN - VPN/FirewallZyXEL ZyWALL 5 Internet Security Firewall Appliance With 4 10/100 Fast Ethernet Ports and 10 IPSec VPN Tunnels Review
I do IT support for a small company - under 50 employees.We have used routers from Cisco, Sonicwall, Netgear, DLink, and linux-based solutions.
We settled on the Zywall routers because:
1) The content filter is inexpensive and reliable.
2) The VPN is rock solid reliable and easy to configure across multiple router brands.
3) It has an intuitive set of screens to configure everything plus an underlying Command Line Interface if you need to look at anything unsupported by the GUI.
4) They are inexpensive yet incredibly reliable. In 1 1/2 years I have NEVER had to reboot this router due to a crash.
Our corporate router is a Zywall 5. We provide Zywall 2 routers to our employees to use as home routers. This has proven to be a reliable and inexpensive way to create a secure and fast corporate network.
At one point we had a problem with employees that would spend their spare time surfing porn sites, gambling sites and inappropriate chat rooms. That is when the Zywall became an obvious choice. The Bluecoat-based content filter has completely stopped employee porn site and gambling site visits. For only $75 per year it is an incredible bargain. And the number of viruses on our network has gone virtually to zero - every one of the viruses we contracted had come from porn sites or gambling sites!
I have used Cisco routers for years. But they are WAY too complicated since they do not have a GUI to configure them. Using Cisco IOS to pound in commands is a throwback to the 1970's. It is incredibly powerful but I do not want to take a class just to configure my router/firewall. The Zywall has proven to be easy to configure but flexible - just what I need for a small office.
We also used Sonicwall routers prior to this Zywall. But I got tired of Sonicwall's perpetual requirements to keep pouring money into their routers. Pay for support, pay for every optional feature - then they would obsolete our product and give us a 'great deal' (an EXPENSIVE deal) on a new product. Never again will we buy Sonicwall - our company will not be a bottomless pit of revenue to Sonicwall ever again.
The linux routers we used were good - but too hard to configure. The Zywall's well thought out screens were just what a part-time IT person needs to figure everything out. The Zywall was by far the easiest router I have ever seen to set up a VPN - kudos to them for an excellent IPSec VPN that just never messes up. Easy to setup up VPN and reliable - just what we needed.
We also used Netgear routers prior to the Zywall. But Netgear simply has severe quality problems with their products. Weird bugs kept cropping up on every product we purchased (about 10 different Netgear products). Their free firmware upgrades frequently added more problems than they solved. So we eventually gave up on all the Netgear products due to the never-ending list of bugs.
Since we started using these Zywall products 1 1/2 years ago, our firewall/router problems have disappeared. Going to Zywall routers has been one of the best decisions we have ever made.
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