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   > If you're willing to spend that kind of money, I'd consider instead:   
   > Zywall, Snapgear, Sonicwall   in that order.  For the money, you'll be   
   > getting a lot more features, albeit without the load balancing   
   > perhaps.   
      
   I looked at the other brands you recommended.   
      
   Linksys rv082:  Costs about $275 , 8 switched, full duplex, lan ports,   
   failover, VPN, firewall   
   Netgear: Costs $275, 8 (switched? full duplex?)) lan ports, no failover,   
   VPN, firewall, more certification than Linksys   
   Zywall Pro 70: Costs $1000.  Does everything as RV082, ICSA firewall and   
   IPsec certification, CD-DoC certification   
   SonicWall:  Many models, but none have integrated 8-port LAN.  REquires   
   purchase of separate switch.  Comparable models cost around $800.   
   SnapGear:  Now called "CyberGuard"  -- I'm still trying to get pricing info,   
   just called them and they will be sending it to me.  They did win Secure   
   Computing's best firewall 2 years in a row.   
      
   Another aspect:  Tech support.  With Linksys the tech support is free, not   
   sure of the others.   
      
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   >   
   > Brad   
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   >   
   > On Tue, 25 May 2004 19:40:17 GMT, "Yair Sageev"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >I've been researching VPN/Firewall routers and I've tentatively narrowed   
   it   
   > >down to two products:   
   > >   
   > >The Netgear ProSafe Firewall/VPN - model FVL328   
   > >http://www.netgear.com/products/details/FVL328.php?view=sb   
   > >   
   > >and the Cisco/Linksys RV082 VPN router.   
   > >http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=29&prid=589   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >They both seem to do exactly the same thing and cost roughly the same.   
   The   
   > >Linksys does have WAN redundancy/failover/load balancing.   
   > >   
   > >I'm wondering if anybody here has experience with either of these   
   products   
   > >and could describe their experiences.   
   > >   
   > >Thanks.   
   > >   
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