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NETWORKING REVIEW

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SmoothWall SmoothGuard 1000-UTM review

8.0

Editors' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 2750

Verdict

By porting its established security tools onto a powerful dual-core hardware platform, SmoothWall has come up with a highly effective and very scalable appliance that will appeal to a broad spectrum of buyers... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Dual core server platform
  • Seven multi-purpose Gigabit ports
  • VLAN, load balancing and failover options
  • Integrated firewall, VPN and content filtering tools
  • Antivirus, anti-spam and anti-phishing protection
  • Good reporting options

Cons

  • Can be complicated to configure correctly
  • No centralised remote management

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