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

Dave Sroelov dave at ascomputer.com
Mon Jan 13 19:19:03 EST 2003


well, as long as we are not berating sonicwall, i figure i'll add my two
cents as well.  i have had a terrible time with sonicwall products over the
years.  when using the box simply as a firewall appliance, it has been ok,
but as soon as i introduced vpn into the mix there were serious problems.  i
have not found the units to be reliable or easily interoperable with
anything.  tunnels come up (sometimes), tunnels go down (alot), and it
usually took a hard reboot on both sides to get it running again.

in the grand scheme, for software based firewalls i used symantec/axent, and
for appliances i use netscreen.  since we are trying not to berate any
vendor, i will not include the full list of appliances that i dislike, or
why.  if anyone would like to continue the discussion, we could do it via
direct email.

    dave



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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