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Sustenance NightmareAt the things I order this product the currently released Cisco ASA version was 8.3 around June 2010. The effect arrived with Cisco ASA version 7.2 installed which is quite old. This is the version release history for the result: 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 so it not like it was just one version. One has to migrate from 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3 in that order. Missing several updates, it is very frustrating to be mush with maintenance work right out the box.
For those who care about such things 7.2 has known security vulnerabilities, see 'Cisco Security Consultive: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances' or [...]. Meaning the upshot basically ships in an unsecure state. I am not willing to put the device online without it being fully patched.
I called Cisco several times about using the devices bond period to get updated firmware so the product would be fully patched. Cisco would not do this. It has been a real pain working through their email and phone tree put up with. They often would not respond. I had to keep calling back over and over and restating my problems. Honestly, those guys do not care. At one point I was asked for the make an estimate of of my annual IT budget.
I eventually bailed on the idea of getting phone-email support and looked at getting a Cisco SmartNet so I could get the updates myself. They are not out downloads. This is unbelievably expensive. I tried to get a cheap one off of Amazon from Restockit but they were unable to fulfill the serenity at that low of a price and ended up not charging me.
I am a home user who wanted to move up from my Linksys firewall to something more secure, answerable tolerant and VPN friendly. In the past, I've used an old pc running linux but the pc fan, power supply, and hard drive have never beed designed as blunder tolerance equipment. The Linksys router has been great in this regard but that community is not as active at keeping estimate with the newer hardware. Frustrated, I'm currently searching for a small fanless, ssd pc with hardware accelerated AES crypto and multiple LAN ports. They are pulchritudinous hard to find.
Tight-fisted but powerful
The Cisco Applied Security Appliance (ASA) 5505 is a famed choice to secure a small office or home network. Actually, it would be great for a medium backing with it's Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections and ability to handle a significant amount of network traffic. It is in a pure configuration coming out of the box, although mine was not at the current OS version (a release behind).
The ASA 5505 uses the same operating system as the largest of Cisco's firewalls, the ASA 5550. The 5505 comes in several versions that stand for different VLAN and VPN combinations, so check your ordering information carefully. The standard has 3 virtual LANs (VLANs) that permit an inside(trusted), outside(untrusted and DMZ(partly trusted) security levels. Traffic can be permitted between interfaces as needed to be met by your requirements.
The ASA 5505 can support up to 25,000 connections and a throughput of 150Mb per second. It has 8 ethernet connections, two of which are Power over Ethernet (PoE) and masterly to power VoIP phones or other devices.
Cisco ASA 5505 security appliance
I would not mention favourably this product unless you are a competent, Cisco certified network engineer. I spent a week annoying to make it work. I read the manual, surfed google how to's and even bought a booklet on the subject, but the appliance refused to m as designed. I bought a Linksys SSL VPN for half the price and it everything including the VPN was working in 1 hour.
A colleague of mine also had the same taste a while back. He returned it also. The one good thing is that Amazon have a really good return policy.
Most skilfully firewall for small home networks
I purchased this mainly to add VPN capability to my network. I have been using this for several months now and it is working perfectly. In my set-up, it is connected to a cable model on the front side and several computers and a wireless router on the propitious. Though this is labeled as small business appliance, this works on the same platform as an enterprise device and offers most of the features of higher end devices. However, this is not for neophyte users. You need to have better than average network set-up skills to make this work the way you want it. Hence the 4 stars for otherwise a adroit device.
Profound for Telecommuters, a couple shortcomings
Pros:
* Very long-standing. Many home and even business grade Firewalls will occasionally start acting up and have to be rebooted, but the ASA is completely incontrovertible.
* 8 port switch w/ 2 PoE ports is great for things like IP Phones and Wireless Access Points.
* AnyConnect SSL VPN with 2 patient licenses included is a great value. This lets me access my home network from work, regardless of them requiring a proxy server.
* Supports Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree, allowing you to physique redundant uplinks to STP compatible switches.
* 256 MB RAM and 128 MB of flash is plenty of Memory for future software.
* Tons of VPN options - Frank IPSec, DMVPN, L2TP, SSL, AnyConnect, etc. The IPSec VPN is support on the iPhone, so it's pretty cool to be able to access my people's home network from my phone.
Cons:
* High learning curve, especially if you don't have previous experience with Cisco PIX or routers. Even using the Java-based ASDM, it can take a few hours of training to find your way. Also, ASDM is not compatible with the latest understanding of Java (you'll get an 'unconnected sockets' message).
* Only supports 1 internal VLAN with default license. This is exquisite for most setups, but disappointing since the Cisco routers will do at least 2 VLANs. It prevents, for example, having separate VLANs for speech and wireless, or creating a DMZ.
* No built-in Wireless option. Check out the 870 or 1800 routers if this is well-connected. Adding a Wireless AP is easy though, especially with the PoE ports.
* No support for DHCP reservations. I like to configure Servers and Printers this way, and can't find any facts reason Cisco wouldn't support it like they do on their routers and Layer 3 switches.
Summary - A massive value as a SOHO Firewall and VPN Appliance. The ASA 5505 is priced the same as the PIX 501 was, but adds 2 PoE ports and SSL VPN Capabilities. The biggest drawbacks I can see are the high-frequency learning curve, no built-in Wireless, and lack of DHCP reservations. Before purchasing, you'll probably after to take a look at the 870 series routers since they may be a better choice depending on your requirements.
