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Comment on firewall Free Interrelated Hint by Cho

Cho — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:03:22 +0000

I have tried out a couple different Load balancers and by far this is the least featured one of them all. The biggest issue is that it does NOT load balance. You can park specific traffic to an individual port but it will not dynamically load balance.

For example you can pin HTTPS to port 1 or two but standard HTTP traffic will also only use a single default port. There is other products out there like SYSWAN, and linksys that actually do TRUE algoithmic load balancing for less money

If you want to be able to use both lines for one traffic do not buy this product. Go for the SYSWAN which I know for a fact works.

Comment on cisco Useful Tip by Hidalgo

Hidalgo — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:34:27 +0000

I am Microsoft cetified trainer, I teach this book for CCNA students, it was too easy and I recommend it for new and expert students.

Comment on firewall Free Interrelated Hint by Dirkin

Dirkin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:16:26 +0000

Normally, I’m a big fan of Netgear products. However, the FVS336G did not work as advertised. The SSL VPN feature and IPSEC VPN client software do NOT support 64-bit operating systems, and according to Netgear tech support, there are currently no plans to support it in the future. The only workaround offered was to purchase SafeNet’s IPSEC VPN client at $150 per user.

What a letdown… the primary feature that led us to purchase this device (i.e. the SSL VPN) doesn’t work for us.

Comment on cisco Useful Tip by Ungamrung

Ungamrung — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:37:50 +0000

Very good book, well written and easy to understand. Covers all aspects of networking and VoIP at a high level (which is exactly what the authors state is their intent). Each chapter could be the subject of a number of books. This is a good all around primer which will give you enough knowledge to be able to get the most from more in-depth books. I recommend this book for anyone intersted in an overview of the subject matter.

Comment on firewall Free Interrelated Hint by Ju

Ju — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:22:53 +0000

I purchased this router for my company’s network. We moved from our old (non-wired) building to a new (pre-wired) building, so we needed to switch from our old Linksys Wireless router to a new Gigabit Firewall/router. I was a little wary of the price of this unit for Gigabit service, but it has performed like a champ so far (2 months) without a single outage or need to reboot!

I am very pleased with this little router and would gladly buy from TRENDnet again.

Comment on cisco Useful Tip by Lambell

Lambell — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:32:17 +0000

The best book I've ever seen to study network and network related basics. I can recommend it for people without any network know-how and it's also a great reference book for IT and network experts to refresh their knowledge.

A lot of high quality illustrations supporting the easy to read text.

Marco

Comment on firewall Free Interrelated Hint by Aguilera

Aguilera — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:15:20 +0000

I did not have any of the problems with this product that Mr. Phillips said he had. He may have purchased a defective unit or his unit may have been incompatable with the rest of his hardware. In my own experience this router is a well-designed product. It is not a Cisco, but at its price, and at $54.56 from Amazon it is a steal, it is a great deal. Its user interface is well laid out and easy to configure for all basic home and small business router applications, save VPN. I contacted Trendnet's pre-sales department to inquire about the unit's WAN to LAN throughput before purchasing it, since that particular spec is not in their product literature. They quoted me ca. 60 Mbit/sec with fast ethernet, and ca. 100 Mbit/sec with gigabit ethernet, devices connected. The first figure is consistent with Small Net Builder's test of Trendnet's equivalent wireless version of this product, so I think it is trustworth as the same processor is likely used in both units.

The product makes a nice presentation with its metal case and integrates well with Trendnets gigabit green desktop switches. I am so pleased with it I just placed an order for a second one.

I have no reservations about recommending this product. Trendnet may not have been esteemed for their home/small business routers in the past, but this product definitely puts them on the map.

Comment on cisco Useful Tip by Rosenburg

Rosenburg — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:46:19 +0000

I purchased this book to learn more about networking, and you will learn
quite alot from it. Every subject is covered, from the beginning of the
Internet to present-day systems, including legacy devices and topologies.
If you are looking for a book to show you how to network YOUR setup, this
can help, but is not the focus and subject of this book.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants a good understanding of network-
ing principles, methodologies, and implementation from a LAN to WAN scale.
This book does require some intelligence regarding the subjects, and will
be useful for an intermediate to advanced user.

Comment on firewall Free Interrelated Hint by Iverson

Iverson — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:31 +0000

First of all it comes with very outdated firmware software. The newer/newest firmware for this router on the Trendnet web site is from 2008. So why does it ship with older software???

To update the firmware, I tried all the popular browsers (including FireFox) on the MAC and PC and the only browser that worked was IE. Pathetic. This shows a lack of attention to detail.

So after finally getting the router upgraded, it is time to play with admin interface. The WAN interface only allow up to 100Mbps configuration. The web site clearly advertise 1000Mbps speeds. Apparently it can only do fast ethernet on the WAN port.

Now I do a speed test on my wireless Airport router. The upspeed clocks in at 0.08Mbps where it before was 5Mbps. It is orders of magnitude slower. I am a network engineer and I know what I am doing. I tried everything, but to no avail. This box will be going back.

Comment on Best deals for intrusion prevention by Quintus

Quintus — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:44:04 +0000

This book was not what I expected. I purchased it to learn about complex deployment scenarions, troubleshooting, and most importantly, analysis of events (how to deal with false positives, false negatives etc). A good portion of this book is dedicated to topics such as planning and information gathering which are essential for deploying any new product or solution. “Manageing CSA Projects” would have been an appropriate name for the book. There are a couple of good chapters on policies and a chapter on event corelation.