Review on 🔒 Zyxel USG Flex 100 (USG40 v2) UTM Firewall Bundle + 1 Year Security License - Ideal for up to 25 Users [USGFLEX100BUN] by Andrew Frison

Excellent speed and web based management. When I first connected I thought I couldn't get the system to work. This system, like most systems, has a specific set of ports that are active in the default configuration. The manual shows the WAN port and port 6. The instructions specifically mention port 4, which must be used for the initial setup. Initial setup was easy until a licensing issue surfaced. The account has already been created online on the ZyXel website. The initial configuration gets stuck on the licensing page. We contacted ZyXel support and they quickly figured out the problem and offered a solution. The technician asked if I could connect to the system through the console (console cable included). I asked if I could SSH into the console and he said yes. SSH connection was established using Putty and took a quick setup setup (total time was about 10 minutes). Most of the time I switched devices to using Putty to access the console via SSH. Licensing was activated, I was able to login to the web management interface. The web management interface provides many small business/enterprise network security options such as web filtering, firewall policies, port configuration and VLAN configuration to name a few. Physical ports can also be assigned to specific networks, e.g. B. access ports or trunk ports for virtual networks. It was nice to see that the default WAN interface was blocking ICMP services and web management. SPEED TESTS: I ran several iPerf v3 speed tests between interfaces and zones. , reputation filter, IPS/IDS, SSL and AV inspection disabled) -556 Mbps to 639 Mbps (all security features enabled except SSL inspection) LAN to LAN (same subnet) Bandwidth from 897 Mbps to 929 Mbps/ s without additional CPU utilization, ASICS says works for Ethernet frame switching .LAN1 - LAN2 (separate subnets) - 836 Mbps to 897 Mbps throughput (content filter, reputation filter, IPS/IDS, SSL inspection and antivirus are disabled) - Throughput from 764 Mbit/s to 782 Mbit/s (all security features are enabled except SSL inspection). significantly (from LAN to WAN, the speed loss was almost 200 Mbit / s), but these speeds are quite enough to connect to the Internet. These speed results are the result of the firewall doing what it does - protecting devices connected between the LAN and the WAN (or different LAN subnets) with the security features of the firewall. When routing between networks (LAN-WAN or LAN1-LAN2), the CPU usage was 70% or more. No additional CPU usage was observed on the device when communicating between different LAN ports (same subnet). This is a great all-in-one firewall solution for small businesses/home offices. Someone considering many other next-gen firewalls might want to consider this security device. This system can completely isolate the home network from the private home network. ZyXel also has built-in support for managing ZyXel wireless access points.