Soho Internet Security Appl 2 Enet Wan

Average customer rating: 1.0

Not up to snuff

Soho Internet Security Appl 2 Enet Wan

Manufacturer: MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS
Product Group: Software
Binding: CD-ROM
ASIN: B000FFS4CG

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Product Description

The RouteFinder SOHO security appliance is ideal for the small branch office or telecommuter who needs secure access to the corporate LAN. In addition to providing one or two WAN Ethernet port(s) for DSL or cable broadband Internet access, it also offers both client-to-LAN and LAN-to-LAN VPN connectivity based on the IPSec or PPTP protocols. The RouteFinder SOHO security appliance provides 168-bit 3DES and AES encryption to ensure that your information remains private. In addition, it offers secure Internet firewall services.

Customer Reviews:

Not up to snuff.......2006-07-10

This product promises more than it delivers. Although the description on Amazon does not claim incorrectly, if you go to their website it says that this will manage two high speed lines. Here is the problem :

1) It did not work with my cable modem which doesn't make any sense. I did all the traditional obvious reboots on both units, changed cables, reconfigured everything, etc. All to no avail, each time I plugged in my cable modem the firewall seemed to freeze. The lan side as well, so no ability to get into the configuration. My DSL line worked in either port, no problem. I got the cable modem working one time, but then I plugged the DSL line into the other port and it froze in a few minutes.

2) By the name it finds routes, it does not share your two lines so you get more speed out of them. I know this not because I ever got two lines working at once, but because when I poked around in the web configuration there was no screens for managing the line's bandwidth. Only an option for failover.

Overall - It didn't work for me. The price was steep and I wasn't about to keep it. I sent it back and Amazon gracefully returned my money (minus shipping). Lucky that I bought it from here and not some fly-by-night company who would have refused my return. I also did not like the web interface, it was confusing and the manual was no better.

If all you want is a failover, you can get a Zyxel, some of their SOHO units will failover to a second router / high speed line and they are a lot better.

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