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Pakistan, Islamabad
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717 Review
44 Karma

Review on πŸ”’ Zyxel ZyWALL 400 Mbps UTM Firewall: Top-rated Security Solution for 25 Users - includes 1-Year UTM Services Bundle [USG40-EU0102F] by Brendan Baker

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Poor performance but good business support

EDIT: 03/01/19 - Zyxel has agreed to buy back my devices entirely, so that's great. Originally left a 1 star review but Miguel was very accommodating and immediately refunded after noticing my 1 star review. Thank you, I'm glad you understand why I would be upset. After I returned the equipment, I built my own firewall that works like a $2,500 router for only $400. Look for Protectli, they sell a barebones kit for $259. Only need RAM and mSata boot disk, installed open source software, pfSense. The original review - it clearly states that the USG40 has a throughput of 400Mbps in firewall-only mode (with UTM and antivirus disabled, much slower with enabled). I pay for high speed internet and regularly get speeds in excess of 400 Mbps, so a limit of 400 (advertised bandwidth) or even 350 Mbps would be acceptable. But this device does not even achieve half of the declared throughput! I have 196Mbps - 200Mbps.

Pros
  • Strong and secure VPN options (SSL, L2TP and IPSec) provide excellent site-to-site, client-to-mobile site connectivity with 20 IPSec tunnels and 5 SSL. Expandable to 15
Cons
  • power