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Firewalls that work
What do you like best about the product?
Sonicwall has pretty decent support that if they can't solve it over the phone will do a webex session and collect data to replicate the issue in their lab environment and be able to work a solution up.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes with the new GUI for our firewall, changes do not save, which requires us to re-enter the data again.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our setup is 2 SonicWall NSA 5600s setup for HA failover in case of a failure on one. This minimizes downtime as the failover is seamless. This keeps the business operational with little to no downtime.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Sonicwall is a good company that understands how to design hardware and software to make firewalls that work. This product works great in our environment and meets our needs to secure our network and monitor the traffic that we have coming in and out of our network.
Great product that is easy to manage
What do you like best about the product?
We have 3 devices in 3 locations and they are easy to setup, connect and manage
What do you dislike about the product?
We haven't had any issues with these devices. They are not the cheapest, but still reasonably priced.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
These firewalls allow us to control traffic to our environments and they are great because they can be remotely managed for our sales offices.
SonicWall Customer Review
What do you like best about the product?
SonicWall allows me to connect to my home office's network via a VPN and thus, allows me to work remotely. I've even use it internationally to seamlessly establish a remote connection.
What do you dislike about the product?
It does require a basic knowledge of how VPN's work, which I had to learn prior to using this product. Once you have your network's IP address and other mandatory technical information that SonicWall requires, a remote connection can be seamlessly established.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Prior to using SonicWall, my office used Microsoft Remote Desktop. However, we have since found that SonicWall works well with, and even in lieu of, Remote Desktop to establish a remote connection. My office uses PC computers, and my home machine is a Mac, so I find that SonicWall is better at working around the technical difference in operating systems.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are experiencing technical issues with Remote Desktop or any other remote network software, I would recommend trying Sonic Wall.
Great Small to Mid-Size Business Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to use! Functionality and feature sets are comparable to Cisco, Palo Alto, and other high profile vendors.
What do you dislike about the product?
The overall reliability and support options for the product
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Remote branch offices connecting to the internet and/or back to Headquarters via IPSec tunnels
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Highly consider Sonicwall when comparing against Cisco and Palo Alto. Though the other two vendors are industry leaders, the cost and feature sets provided by Dell and Sonicwall are equally comparable.
URL filtering, Application Level/L4 inspection, etc.
URL filtering, Application Level/L4 inspection, etc.
Security
What do you like best about the product?
ease of use and the simplistic design meaning that you can get straight on with any task
What do you dislike about the product?
Can sometime be slow to load up certain pages that contain a lot of data, E.g. the junk box
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
increase the email security to prevent virus outbreaks and potentially unsafe content reaching the end user
Review for Sonic wall
What do you like best about the product?
As I have to work remotely from home, its really convenient to connect to the office network through sonic wall. It is secure to even use if i an travelling out of country.
What do you dislike about the product?
It needs a very good internet connection to work efficiently.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being a developer i can access the code base by connecting to office network using sonic wall conveniently from any location without worrying about the security issues.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is a great security solution
Great All-in-one product
What do you like best about the product?
SonicWall products are a great all-in-one solution for small and mid sized companies. It is your firewall, VPN, router, gateway, dmz, content filter (web filter), virus detection and on and on.
The other great thing about SW is that it is consistent throughout the device. Once you get the idea of their "object based" setup, you get it and it applies to all sections of the device.
SonicWall Global VPN Client is a great piece of software. It works well on Windows and now they have great apps for Android and iOS. I would recommend a SW if your only need was a good VPN solution.
Finally, there is a ton of support for SonicWall. From online forums, 3rd party it support, and official SW support, you will find an answer to your question.
The other great thing about SW is that it is consistent throughout the device. Once you get the idea of their "object based" setup, you get it and it applies to all sections of the device.
SonicWall Global VPN Client is a great piece of software. It works well on Windows and now they have great apps for Android and iOS. I would recommend a SW if your only need was a good VPN solution.
Finally, there is a ton of support for SonicWall. From online forums, 3rd party it support, and official SW support, you will find an answer to your question.
What do you dislike about the product?
SonicWall devices can be a bit more cumbersome to setup than other devices. The "object based" setup is great, but also leads to you having to create 3 objects to setup a simple port forwarding. Sometimes a more traditional setup option would be nice.
Also the content filtering is not the best, but workable. Honestly with 4g, blocking the main business internet connection isn't as important as it once was.
Also the content filtering is not the best, but workable. Honestly with 4g, blocking the main business internet connection isn't as important as it once was.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Firewall, VPN, content filtering, and gateway. For these items, SonicWall is my first choice.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are a mid-sized company or smaller and have the needs for a wide range of network support such as firewall, VPN, gateway, etc. then you owe it to yourself to check out SonicWall.
Administreting Sonicwall for all general firewall and national/internation vpn requirements
What do you like best about the product?
Simplicity and accuracy of the interface, and a rock solid protection of my environment
What do you dislike about the product?
Steep learning curve - best to do the basic administration course to enhance skills and get a good foundation of knowledge
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
VPN Connectivity over a hub and spoke network with a central firewall at head office
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Do the training - it is critical to have adequately trained administrators
great device for medium and small business
What do you like best about the product?
sonicwalls provide a solid firewall for medium and small business. they are cost effective and easy to deploy.
What do you dislike about the product?
lack of some enterprise features found in other vendors
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
protecting the network edge from virus and security breach .
The go to for business firewall
What do you like best about the product?
An industry standard that has a wealth of resources online to do what you want to do. Responses are fast when you want a category change for a website. Like others say, it is an all-in-one solution, so no need to buy multiple devices.
What do you dislike about the product?
Performance is not always the best. Not very intuitive to configure and set up. Management isn't the easiest. Very overpriced for the performance it gives. Very frustrating to work with in smaller businesses as the performance is extremely sub-par. Annual fees are ridiculous for small businesses as well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security is much better, especially in terms of users browsing websites. Keeps employees more focused because there are less distractions. You can filter website access
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Hire a consultant that has experience with these products to set it up for you.
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