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ZyXEL ZyWALL USG100 Unified Security Gateway Firewall w/50 VPN Tunnels, SSL VPN, 7 Gigabit Ports, High Availability
 
Product good but!
- Pros: Product is easy to setup and works well.
- Cons: The advertising on this product is very misleading. 50 VPN connections and 25 SSL VPN connections. I wanted to use the SSL VPN but soon found out the device is only licensed for 2 SSL VPN users. You must purchase severalty a 5 or 25 user license for more remote connections. Not really happy about this.
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Reviewed By:SDI,5/8/2013 9:03:42 AM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is High and has owned this product 1 week to 1 month.
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NETGEAR FVS318N-100NAS ProSafe Wireless-N 8-port Gigabit VPN Firewall 6000 Simultaneous Sessions 95 Mbps
Great Wireless-N VPN Firewall
- Pros: The price/performance on this firewall is excellent. Extremely well built with metal case and included wall mount slots on the bottom. Unit does not run hot at all.
Throughput of over 95Mbps with SPI. 1000BaseT (GigE) everywhere! Multiple options for VPN clients (i.e., IPsec, L2TP, SSL, etc.). Support for multiple VLAN's (up to 64) for segregating LAN traffic. Standard Netgear ProSafe lifetime warranty. This is a more than worthy replacement for the old FVS318G product. - Cons: SSL-VPN looks better on paper than it ends up being in real life. Nowadays with Shrew Soft, IPsec is just as fast and easy.
Not a "con" per se, but since the 4.3.0-19 firmware update the WAN port takes forever to go active after a reboot. From power up to passing traffic easily takes 7 - 10 minutes, so be advised.
- Other Thoughts: Do I need to say update the firmware right out of the box? Apparently I do, as many reviewers below have given bad marks for old, outdated 2.x.x & 3.x.x firmware.
Be advised, Netgear Tech Support STRONGLY recommends doing a factory reset both before AND after upgrading to new firmware. Further, NEVER upgrade over a wireless link. IMHO, some of the complainers either didn't reset before and after or didn't correctly upgrade their firmware.
Since the 4.x.x platform has been released most of the previous complaints and issues have been addressed and fixed. This unit is rock solid on 4.3.0-19 firmware. If a slightly slower boot time is all it takes to make this unit stable I'm happy to wait.
I have several of these deployed at various client sites with no complaints, no problems, no issues!
You do need to have a firm grasp of IP routing and networking to get all the VLAN options and features enabled successfully. I like the ability to have a separate VLAN for Guest WiFi access that technically never leaves the box (per se). True, isolated guest WiFi access.
I've used LOTS of wireless firewalls from various manufacturers such as Linksys/Cisco & SonicWALL for over 15 years. This is rapidly becoming my favorite wireless VPN firewall. Fast & flexible!
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Reviewed By:NetTechGuy,5/7/2013 10:53:15 AM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is High and has owned this product 1 month to 1 year.
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ZyXEL ZyWALL USG50 Internet Security Firewall with Dual-WAN, 4 Gigabit LAN / DMZ Ports, 5 IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, and 3G WAN Support
Freaking awesome!
- Pros: EXTREME CUSTOMIZATION!! I have configured certain protocols or websites to route through one WAN connection or the other, block XBOX Live or Playstation Network during specific times, etc. etc. etc. If you have a need for protocol or IP routing requirements this is the device to have. For the price, the features cannot be beaten. Logging and capture features are epic, I've identified bots hitting my networks every 2-3 hours along with malicious attacks with ease. I've also used the frame/packet capture feature to identify faulty and malfunctioning equipment on my network causing congestion and other issues. All-in-all, the best networking device purchase I've made.
- Cons: Learning curve to set up, it's definitely not your average Netgear or Linksys box. My advice, set up all your IP addresses, services, and groups under "Objects" before you even go into setting up NAT/Firewall or policy routing. Once you configure all the "Objects" you need setting up new rules, policies, etc. is very easy and straight forward.
- Other Thoughts: This firewall has by far improved my networks performance as well as the ability to customize connections and routing policies. With this device I've been able to
For those worried about Xbox/PSN connections: You do HAVE to set up a firewall rule to allow the Xbox Live and PSN ports to your devices. This is a true FIREWALL, not a Linksys or Netgear "firewall" that auto-allows symmetrical connections/traffic.
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Reviewed By:MT,5/6/2013 1:06:30 PM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is High and has owned this product 1 month to 1 year.
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ZyXEL ZyWALL ZWUSG20 Internet Security Firewall with 4 Gigabit LAN / DMZ Ports, 2 IPSec VPN, SSL VPN , and 3G WAN Support
Not Impressed
- Pros: Its inexpensive for what it is.
- Cons: I had my cousin purchase this for his small business specifically for the SSL VPN functionality. i failed to read the fine print evidently it only support 1 concurrent SSL VPN connection? what exactly is the point of that? for our use it makes it slightly better than any cheap firewall on the market.
The admin console is almost completely useless; its worse than a radware load balancer gui as a comparison and doesn't really follow any convention that's recognizable from other networking devices i have had experience with. Poorly layed out and difficult to navigate.
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Reviewed By:N/A,5/3/2013 2:58:44 PM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is High and has owned this product 1 day to 1 week.
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NETGEAR FVS318 ProSafe VPN Firewall Switch 12.5 Mbps LAN to WAN throughput
1.2 Mbps 3DES throughput
Absolute Nightmare
- Pros: I don't see any pros here
- Cons: This router is horrible and the customer support was good at first but they charge $50 for an RMA to get a replacement first and quickly. This is a hardware failure and I should not have to pay them a dime. I have re-flashed latest firmware and still broken.
- Other Thoughts: Our company has had this for a few months because we replaced the exact same model we had for years. The boss likes security of a VPN and firewall. But this thing does not work, well it works for a little and then slows to a crawl and needs to be rebooted (multiple times daily).
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Reviewed By:dave,4/8/2013 11:21:07 AM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is Somewhat High and has owned this product 1 month to 1 year.
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NETGEAR FVS318G-100NAS ProSafe VPN Firewall 6000 Simultaneous Sessions 25 Mbps
verdict after 1.5 years
- Pros: 8 Ports gigabit - per paper
typical Netgear interface, straight forwards set up
some bells and whistles. - Cons: my original router died after years of services, and I was in an urgent need to get my network working. I had to break down and went to Staples to get this FVS318G - for the 8 ports gigabit router. Although I read many negative reviews and I told myself - "those people must have bad luck" -- it was slow to start with - and I blamed my Modem being the culprit. Within a week after 318G's installation, I changed the Surfboard modem. Since then, my high speed internet has been "painfully" slow and irresponsible. Then, I blamed on my internet provider. Numerous phone calls were made to Comcast and Comcast insisted it was not Comcast's issues. Of course, from all the negativity of Comcast customers, I felt I was brushed away and being pushed into "whining" unhappy Comcast customer.
- Other Thoughts: It has been daily struggle that around 7am - 8am, at night 8pm or so, the system would be crashed, Modem went into "reboot" - no DNS server to be found. I put up for over 1 year. Even I did the firmware update on 318G, the issues kept going.
Until recently, I saw few items on sale from Newegg -- TP-Link TL-R600VPN (only 4 ports gigabit), plus 16 ports gigabit switch ZyXel GS 1100-16, also Motorola SB6141.
I decided it's time to change all of the old devices since my internet has been much slower that I will get all new stuffs to see if anything can improve.
I installed the TP-Link TL-R600VPN first, and wow, the router boot up time is almost instantly compared to 318G's 2+ minutes (this was painful, that when I had to reboot 318G, I went to do something else). The internet speed was back to the PRE-318G performance. I do not even to activate the New Surfboard since I got such a great speed back. Did this tell you something -- after 1+ year of experience, I finally found the culprit. Now, I am happy again and will not hear my spouse complaining daily about the internet.
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Reviewed By:SamCello,3/31/2013 9:02:56 AM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is Somewhat High and has owned this product more than 1 year.
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NETGEAR FVS318N-100NAS ProSafe Wireless-N 8-port Gigabit VPN Firewall 6000 Simultaneous Sessions 95 Mbps
Headache Maker
- Pros: On paper, this router is worth twice the price.
- Cons: This thing was my worst nightmare for almost a year. Sometimes it wouldn't broadcast SSID. Sometimes it wouldn't broadcast wireless at all. Resetting would help for a day at first, then just a few hours. A few months in, the wired network stopped acting normal. DHCP would just not respond for 20 minutes unless I restarted. I couldn't do network backups because the network wouldn't stay up long enough to finish them. Firmware updates didn't help. I was resetting it 2 or 3 times a day when I finally replaced it with a Zywall.
- Other Thoughts: If you buy this, budget a few hundred dollars for asprin.
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Reviewed By:N/A,3/30/2013 8:28:34 PM
This reviewer reports that his/her technical understanding of this type of product is High and has owned this product 1 month to 1 year.
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