[VPN] Sonicwall Pro 300... or ???

Dana J. Dawson djdawso at qwest.com
Mon Jan 13 17:20:26 EST 2003


If you want to do VPN remote client access, the best Cisco solution is their VPN 
3000 series.  The PIX and IOS routers can do client access, but the features are 
limited - they're really better at site-to-site VPN designs rather than remote 
client access.

Dana

Seth Robinson wrote:
> I don't want to berate SonicWALL or anything, but I haven't had the best
> experience.  Especially with the client.  When I installed the 8.0
> client, my computer (Win XP) wouldn't even turn on, and it took me about
> a day and a half to get it functioning again.  When I asked SonicWALL
> for help, they basically told me that they didn't know what programs I
> had on my computer, and they don't support software.  We have had
> SonicWALL firewalls for about 1 1/2 years, and have still not been able
> to get a functioning client to box setup.  Box to Box is another story,
> It has worked very well, and took very little setup.  
> 
> It could be me, but be forewarned.
> 
> If I did it again, I would go with a cisco pix. 
>  
>  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vpn-admin at lists.shmoo.com [mailto:vpn-admin at lists.shmoo.com] On
> Behalf Of Duane Davis
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 6:00 PM
> To: vpn at lists.shmoo.com
> Subject: [VPN] Sonicwall Pro 300... or ???
> 
> 
> 
> I'm looking for advice on a hardware VPN appliance.
> 
> I need a solution to address security and authentication for a wireless
> (802.11b) network. 
> 
> I've been fighting with an Avaya VPN setup for over a month and have
> pretty much given up on it. I need something that actually works from a
> company that's willing to support thier product.
> 
> The two topologies I've been considering are as follows. the VPN gateway
> would run either in series or parallel with my firewall. The firewall
> also protects two other network segments.
> 
> 	wireless client - WAP - VPN Gateway - Firewall - T1 router -
> internet
> 
> 
> 	wireless client - WAP - VPN Gateway - T1 router - internet
> 	                      - Firewall    -		
> 
> I need the wireless client to be able to open a VPN to the VPN gateway
> before they can access the internet. It would also be nice to be able to
> offer static IP assignments to some clients, dynamic to others.
> Bandwidth limiting would also be nice but is not required. I don't need
> site-to-site VPN, only Client-to-site. Support for more than just
> Windows clients (ie. Mac, Unix) would be great.
> 
> Today I was looking at the Sonicwall Pro 300. 
> 
> Does anyone out there have experience with the Sonicwall in this type of
> configuration? Or is there another product better suited for my need?
> 
> Please, don't suggest Linux or any other "software based" solution. I
> want a hardware based solution for reliability and performance.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Duane Davis
> Nocturnal Networks
> 
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Dana J. Dawson                     djdawso at qwest.com
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