vpnsite.net

Price : $129.48

Product Description

This ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 offers wired and wireless connectivity and business class protection for small office and remote/branch office users. It combines five functions in a single, compact package - Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, 802.11g wireless access point, IPSec Virtual Private Network (VPN) appliance, NAT router, and eight-port Fast Ethernet switch. Powerful and standards-based, it delivers both 10 and 100 Mbps connections for wired devices, plus 802.11b/g devices and speeds up to 108 Mbps. This complete solution offers high-performance features in a space-saving, easy-to-use design.

Customer Reviews

Review date : 2007-09-21
Hello, I am not happy at all with this product, with Amazon, or the seller. As I purchased this item to setup my wireless internet at home. It sat in the box for 40 days as it took that long for my wireless company to get my satelite to me and setup. Then on the day to set it up I’m told by the Tech that this item is not compatible and I could not use it. When I asked the seller to refund my monie - they indicated it was over 30 days and they could not, nor would Amazon help me….so I am very unhappy as I am a long time customer that has spent my fair share of monies on Amazon and the first time I need help everyone jumps ship…so I rate this over all experience very poor, with poor customer service….and just over all BAD. Thanks but no thanks.

Review date : 2007-06-12
Bought this to add to my wireless-wired home network. I have used a Netgear FWAG114 along with a Netgear WG302 access point, and several D-Link gaming adapters to connect 7 computers running a variety of systems along with a Slingbox and 2 laptops. Sytems include Vista, XP Pro, Win2000, Win2000 Server and Suse 10.2 (linux). I like the Netgear Pro series as they seem to be more robust and are fairly easy to configure and handle security really well.

Connected the FVW318, logged in and set up the WPA security, set my rules for VNC (Windows and one for Linux), HTML, FTP, Slingbox and opened the ports. Set security for the highest level of WPA I could. I can have as many as 15 different wireless systems in my neighborhood broadcasting at any given moment so security and ability to connect to my wireless is very important to me.

I replaced the FWAG114 with the FVG318 and after configuring it, it connected immediately. My WG302 is on the lower floor and is connect by POE. Once I booted both up the connection has been flawless for the last 48 hours. I am on Comcast and my connection is at a blazing 19,880 kbs (2485 KB/sec) down and 2485 kbs (196.9 KB/sec) up.

I have read many reviews that rate this router as bad. User became easily frustrated with all the dropped connections and poor performance. But I have found that configuring it right the first time is the most important step in getting it to work.

Configuration was easy and straight forward. Of, course, you must know how to configure your rules and set the ports. Some probably buy this router thinking it is plug and play and it is not. First thing I did was download the current firmware from Netgear and install it before doing anything. Bugs are generally eliminated with upgrades.

I must be lucky with my Netgear products. I started years ago with the Netgear RT314 router and now use Netgear exclusively. I have family that come to visit in their motor homes and I assign them logons and they can connect wirelessly from around 75 feet away.

I give this router 5 stars as it has performed flawlessly so far. I run Rosetta@Home (shared computing helping to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases) on all of my computers and a good connection 24/7 is of most importance to me, plus, I love wireless computing.

If you buy the FVG318 read the manual that is on the CD thoroughly before you start the configuration. I will post a follow up review after a month or so to let you know if I still really like my FVG318.

When was the last time you heard a Tring..Tring?! The genuine sound (ringtone as we say today) of a TELEPHONE ringing (TELEPHONE as in Alexander Graham Bell). Long time I guess.. 3 years? more?

Communication technology in the past 100 years has come a long way, gone far beyond a common man?s expectations giving or gifting him the toys to communicate on the move. Be it laptops, palmtops, mobile phones, satellite phones and the wireless internet. What else can we expect in the next 100 years of existence? Hard to imagine, harder to believe. Whoever believed in a mobile phone 20-25 years back?

Well, the gizmos have arrived and are here to stay. We?d better get used to them before we are left far behind in the past. In order to stay abreast of mobile technologies and mobile gadgets one needs a simple basic know how of using a telephone. Believe it or not, despite all advertisements and promos (with feature lists) that we see everyday for mobile phones, they are very, very easy and simple to use. The fun lies here.

Apart from being a basic telephone, the mobile phone has evolved into a personal accessory which speaks a lot about the person who carries it. Thereby, it also carries a snob value, because of which a person always tends to have the latest, with the best features despite the cost of procuring or replacement.

Once a mobile phone has evolved into a personal accessory, a lot of customization goes into it. Therefore the need for software and content viz. ringtones, wallpapers, screensavers, logos, games, themes, headsets, facia, software, comes to the fore. Thank god we?ve always had a resource called the ?Internet?, the source of all information, be it the basic phones or the content or the software.

Customization of a mobile phone to suit your personal tastes is not the work for an engineer. You can do it yourself, if you fiddle around with one for a couple of days or so. Every mobile phone model is different in itself as far as looks, features, menus etc go, but basically the same. It only takes some getting used to.

A mobile phone?s future is that it wants to grow to be a computer. Well, pretty much so when we see PDA?s evolving from mobile phones and computers shrinking to Palm tops. You know where you are headed, just use a little compu-sense when you use your mobile, you will get off to a flying start.

Let?s get on a little ?What is? on these features?

Wallpaper: A background picture that you see when you look at the LCD of your mobile phone.

Ringtones: The sound that is played by your mobile phone when someone calls you.

Games: Gaming software that you can load into your mobile phone to play when you are free.

Themes: Wallpaper, ringtone, logo, color schemes etc all rolled into one so that you don?t have to set them individually.

WAP: Internet access settings for your mobile phone, these have to be set manually as per your service operator specifications.

Software: Miscellaneous stuff viz. games etc. Other software to lock, unlock your phones, diagnosing problems etc.

A mobile phone now-a-days comes with a lot of features like a built in camera, an MP3 player, a voice recorder etc?. You can use all the features, or you can learn to use all the features, alternatively decide on what features you need and make a buying decision.

Believe it or not, many people want to say that their mobile phone has a camera, many people use it regularly, and most people who have a mobile phone with a camera hardly use it after the first week. Imagine that they must have spent at least ?50 - $100 extra for the camera?why? It is primarily the decision of the user, what phone he/she wants, but keep in mind the primary use of a mobile phone is to be connected on the move.

All I have done is given you a fair picture of a mobile phone and highlighted the pros and cons to help you make the right decision while buying one. As far as accessories, content and software are concerned, I will strongly suggest you that you check out http://www.mobilebuz.com

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Wayne Brown, Webmaster, is the co-owner and webmaster of http://www.mobilebuz.com which is a resource site for mobile phones.