Re: zyxel UTM

Isaac Perez wrote:

> Hi all,
> anyone has used or tested the utm appliances of zyxel?
> I'm searching for somethig that does:
> -Antivirus
> -QoS
> -DMZ
> -IDS-IDP
>  
I did a performance test with those features enabled (except qos) on a 
z70utm, and the performance dropped to 11 mb/s. i used iperf to messure 
the throughput.

> I found the juniper netscreen 5GT extended, Netasq F50 and Zyxel
> Zywall5.
> All meet my requeriments, the only superior in capability of conections
> and capacity is Netasq F50.
> Zywall5 and netscreen have the same capability, but the zywall is less
> than a half of the price of netscreen.
>  
I can't reccomend Zywall, in my experience they still have problems with 
the configuration rom file when upgrading the firmware. Sometime you 
have to restore to factory settings.

> I know that netscreen is a very good firewall, I used it before.
> But it's quite expensive.
> So I want to know if I can rely on a zyxel.
> Thanks in advance
>
>  
with kind regards.
Svend