Cisco ASA 5505 1

[JohnBoy2005]

I am wanting to buy a firewall.

http://www.pcwb.co.uk/catalogue/item/CISASA63

The info mentions 10 Users, I am really new to this so sorry if this is a stupid question, but does that mean 10 VPN Connections or 10 concurrent connections through the firewall.

Also, the unit has 8 ethernet ports, can each port be programmed to receive a different device, e.g., WAN on port 1, DMZ on 2, Lan on 3, etc.

Cheers

John

 

[North323]

10 concurrent sessions

yes each port can be configured seperately for wan, dmz, lan

 

[JohnBoy2005]

Thanks for that. Sorry, but what do u mean by sessions

Cheers

John

 

[North323]

concurrent connections

 

[JohnBoy2005]

So that would be no good to use for a web server.

Thanks

John

 

[JohnBoy2005]

So this one would be better

http://www.pcwb.co.uk/catalogue/item/CISASA65

 

[Supergrrover]

Here is the comparison chart -

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html

The 5505 has 10K firewall connections. That should be plenty but you need to judge your traffic accordingly.

The 5505 also supports 10 concurrent VPN connections. If you have 3 site2site VPNs and less than 7 users of a remote access VPN at a time you are ok. (Your second choice)

The base license only gives you 3 interfaces (vlans) TOTAL. one outside, one inside and one DMZ. The Security plus gives you 20 (with trunking to a VLAN switch.)

You should go for the Sec. plus depending - I always flip the extra just in case I want to expand.

Brent
Systems Engineer / Consultant
CCNP, CCSP

 

[JohnBoy2005]

I only need 3 interfaces, LAN, WAN, and DMZ.

I don't need VPN access, the local council blocks that.

So will the second one I post be OK.

Many thanks

John

 

[Supergrrover]

yep, the unlimited will be fine.

Brent
Systems Engineer / Consultant
CCNP, CCSP

 

[JohnBoy2005]

Thanks for the advice.

Great help.

John