[NTLUG:Discuss] SonicWall VPN/Firewall

[Jeff Demel]

> Kenneth Loafman
> OK, I've given it my best shot and FreeS/WAN was not worth 
> the effort, 
> especially since I have a real mix of users, from PhD's to bean 
> counters.  You guys were right.  Its not worth my time.
> 
> I've been looking at SonicWall.  Anyone have any experience 
> with them on 
> Windows and Linux mixes?
> 
> We're Linux on the server side, and most of the laptops.  We 
> have some 
> Windows folks that need to get on as well, so I'm looking for 
> a really 
> brain-dead solution, partly because my brain is dead from 
> trying to deal 
> with FreeS/WAN and its lack of documentation, but mostly because the 
> Windows users are bean counters types and barely know how to turn on 
> their computers.
>


I have had pretty good experiences with Sonicwall firewalls.  They have
web-based management and configuration tools, so it's platform
independent as long as you have Java enabled.

Just my $.02.  HTH.

-Jeff