Sonicwall Tz 100 Wireless-n Network Security Appliance

Product is excellent. Have installed many, many SonicWall devices. They are a bit more expensive than most SOHO (Small Office Home Office) devices, but they have many high end security options that the others don't.To use the high end options your must have a firm understanding of networking and honestly most purchasing this device will never implement the high end feature, VLAN's Vlan routing, Wireless isolation, MAC filtering etc. Would recommend this unit to a small (1-5) employees to use as a router / firewall / wireless gateway for the office.The wizard feature is very functional and effective. Prior to the Wizard function, you had to be a solid IT / Network guy.Only downside to this purchase was, it only came with 90 days of warranty / support. Most SonicWalls purchased elsewhere come with at least 1yr Warranty / Support from SonicWall. This one did not and they want you to buy it and were spamming me with the fact the warranty was about to expire. I did not like this. It was an additional cost that drove the price above what I typically get these devices for.

Remarkable flexibility, powerful security, a seriously awesome piece of hardware, esp for this price point. Can even add load balancing of two high speed connections if you have them (cable+dsl or fios, etc.). took a while to get this one up and running through a lot of trial and error. The manual available online is intimidating to say the least. but great fun and learned a lot with this thing. just felt compelled to write a + review after the 1 star the other reviewer provided. yes, very complex product and certainly not designed to replace your typical router, this is corp level capability in an inexpensive box, and the flexibility is incredible now having set up a bunch of rules, signed up for the protection services. this is a 6 star product.

still working great

Great little device, works flawlessly. Its a little convoluted in configuration, as all Sonicwall devices are, but its a solid piece of networking equipment. It's not the cheapest device in network but the configuration ability makes up for it.

If you don't use a Sonicwall regularly, it can take some getting used to. It had been a couple years, so it took a little bit to remember all the requirements to get things to work properly. For example, I set up firewall rules that didn't work until I remembered how the NAT Policies had to be configured which also took some troubleshooting to remember the proper configuration. But once the device was up and working - everything was working great. Very reliable firewall and the built-in wifi is nice. More features than most small businesses might need, but that's a good thing that they are there if needed.

This is an industrial strength business router. Rock solid reliable, chock full of features.A beginner might get some basic functionality out of this router through the wizards. I couldn't be sure but it seems possible. I want to recommend this for a beginner, but can't.On the other hand, an IT expert is rewarded with immense functionality & customizable options. Once you learn the SonicWall "way" it is very sensible, and as an added bonus applies fairly universally across SonicWall devices big and small.Out of the box features include rate limiting, decent metrics reporting, IPS firewall, VPN tunnels, "real" DMZ ability and a bunch more. Good stuff!EDIT: After over a month living with this product, I am sorely disappointed. I've overseen numerous SonicWall configurations, but this device is unreliable. Unable to go more than 7 days at a stretch without failure. Furthermore, I don't feel particularly convinced the support staff really want to resolve the issues. Demoting from 5 stars to 2. For shame SonicWall. For shame.EDIT: 3/8 After two months, support is a disaster. It's disorganized, misguided and has been a complete waste of my time - and a lot of time at that, as I tried to play nice until my client told me "we want our old router back". Now I am trying to get a refund, but SonicWall is putting up resistance all over the place.

great product with a great price. most IT departments trust sonicwalls. although they are not unbox and plug in type products, you cant beat the price if you need one

The hardware has worked great. Registering and managing the device has been a problem. Mainly on the Dell interface side.