VPN /Firewall

[NBT_Guy007]

Hello all I've got a question . Ok so I've been setting up my Computer repair shop and I've come across 2 products and cant decide on. Can some one Pass me on some good info? ok here's what I got.

Fortinet FortiGate 60C VS Cisco LRT214 Business Gigabit VPN Router

Which one is better ?

Thank You.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

(Network section, not server section).

You're comparing 2x different products....one product is a UTM..a Unified Threat Management system. The other product is just a plain NAT router...granted, business grade, not residential grade, but it's still basically just NAT. Versus the UTM which has much more security scanning, antivirus filtering, malware blocking, and other things a UTM has.

We focus on UTMs for businesses, IMO, plain NAT routers shouldn't be used for business networks.

So out of those 2 products, the Fortinet would be my choice.
Although I'm not a big Fortinet fan, there are quite a few other UTMs....some of which are open source *nix distros so the cost is free, you can install on your own hardware. Untangle is my favorite. Sophos is another. ClearOS is another. Endian is another.