SonicWall NSv (Firewall/Security/VPN/Router) - PAYG
SonicWall | 7.1.3-R6965Linux/Unix, Gentoo SonicOS7.0.1 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Well... it checks a box.
What do you like best about the product?
SonicWall TZ 215 is fairly plug-n-play. Gives you the warm and fuzzies that your network is protected. Once in awhile I get an email that I think means everything is OK. We're a small shop, I'm paying network admin among other roles, and so plug-n-play is valuable. Um, what else. For the most part, I don't worry much about it, which is also a good thing.
What do you dislike about the product?
Setup of this device - beyond out of the box fairly vanilla configuration - is not for the faint of heart. I would not recommend it to someone who didn't have the experience, time, and proclivity to wade around in the weeds of a cloodgy UI, a configuration model that, as far as I can tell, is unique to SonicWall, and status/monitoring/logging that somehow manages to be both saturating and devoid of much useful information. Perhaps someone who has more experience with SonicWall products, or network/security/admin in general, would have more success than I have had configuring the device for more sophisticated usage.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our business has regulator compliance and auditing requirements that
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If your usage needs are complex, you are likely to need either someone who has prior experience administering SonicWall devices, or to contract with a third party service provider who is ready willing and able to work closely with you.
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VPN software that you can count on
What do you like best about the product?
Sonic wall vpn is very simple to use and setup
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometime the connection drops and does not recover
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We need to remote into servers across the country. This helps us connect
Daily use of Dell Sonic Wall to vpn into customer servers
What do you like best about the product?
For the majority of the time the VPN connection is stable and the logon process is painless.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have any issues with the software that is a cause of sonic wall.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use this software to access customer servers and workstations to troubleshoot user issues.
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
Good product that is constantly improving.
What do you like best about the product?
I like the easy of user interface and it's advance IPS functionality.
What do you dislike about the product?
The client VPN could use some work and is hit & miss.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves our security problems.
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.
All in one
What do you like best about the product?
The best thing is that it is all in one. SonicWall can do from firewall to content filtering to VPN and more. That is the best thing about it. The device itself does a lot. Most of the time it works great.
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface and the configuration is not easy to use. I hope I can see more user friendly and easy to configure update soon. Some time when yo do change on your network, yo will need to reboot sonicwall in order to continue working.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
combined multiple devices in one. I used to have firewall, content filtering and routers devices. This replaced all of them.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend it. It does a lot and work most of the time. The ability to VPN between other sonicwall devices, is working great.
Excellent and easy to use software
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to use, intuitive setup for blocking specific websites, words, phrases, themes, categories, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
The categories update periodically so we have to go through and allow specific websites that were blocked because of the updates or mistaken categorization.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This software has been instrumental in blocking social media from our internal network, reducing strain on bandwidth and our antivirus software.
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