SonicWall TZ 170 TZ170 10 Node VPN Firewall (01-SSC-5555)

This is an excellent product, especially the security services. I was amazed at the Gateway anti-virus, intrusion prevention, and spy ware filters because they inspect each packet so quickly, that there is no noticeable difference in internet speed. The content filter is very good also. Although there are a few mis-rated sites, for the most part, the list is very accurate. The SonicWALL team is very quick to respond to your site rating review if you submit one. It is a device that allows you to control almost every part of your network traffic. If parents can afford this product, I highly recommend it for internet filtering for their children. There is absolutely no way to get around the filter, unless you have the administrator password or you physically take the SonicWALL off the network. My only complaints are that the tech support is foreign and hard to understand, and when the firewall is disconnected from the internet (only when using dynamic DHCP ISP), it is sometimes hard to get the SonicWALL to renew the DNS servers.

DO NOT EVER BUY PRODUCTS FROM sonicwall UNLESS YOU WORK FOR sonicwall IN TECH SUPPORTPurchase one of these with the 10 connection option $500 or so! Everything was great untill their VPN software renedered a few of my companies computers worthless. Since they don't appear to care once the hardware is sold, "BUYER BEWARE!!!"

My company purchased a TZ170 to replace a previous Sonicwall DMZ after taking adviced from SonicWall. The TZ170 frequently crashes and corrupts its firewall settings. Also, although SonicWall claim IPSec support they will only support their own Global VPN software client. If you have LinkSys, Cisco, or Dlink VPN hardware you are out of luck. So poor reliablilty and no support.

This product gets an A+, for ease of use and functionality.The customer service offered by Sonicwall was second to none.