Billion BiGuard S20 8 Port iBusiness Security Gateway Home-Office Router with SPI Firewall & VPN (OBSOLETE)

Price: Unavailable. Try where to buy at manufacturer's website. Rating:	Hardware Features			Wireless Features
		Built-in Modem			Wireless
		ADSL2/2+ Capability (for modems only)			Removable Antenna
		10/100 WAN Port/s - 2
		Gigabit WAN Port/s - 0
		3G Capable
		USB LAN Port/s		Other Features
		10/100 LAN Port/s - 8			UPnP Support
		Gigabit LAN Port/s - 1			Internet Sharing
		USB Print Server			QoS
		Parallel Port Print Server			IPv6
		Dialup/ISDN Failover			DynDNS Client
		USB Storage			Warranty - 2
		FXO Ports for VoIP - 0
		FXS Ports for VoIP - 0
	Security Features			More information
		NAT Security			Manufacturer's specifications
		SPI Firewall			Manufacturer support
		Content Filtering (Parental control)			Whirlpool Wiki
					Whirlpool Forum Search
	VPN Features
		IPSec VPN Endpoints - 30
		PPtP VPN Endpoints - 0
		Supports VPN passthrough (single session only)

Comments: Billion's BigGuard S Series feature SSL VPN capability which according to this definition from searchsecurity.com means the VPN connection can be achieved with no specialised VPN client software. Just a standard browser.

The BiGuard S series starts with the S5 which allows access for up to 20 users but only 5 concurrently.
The S10 is recommended for organisations with up to 50 employees providing access for up to 20 employees, 10 concurrently.
The S20 steps it up to cater to organisations with up to 200 employees, with a maximum of 20 concurrent SSL connections. The S20 also includes dual WAN capabilty for load sharing or failover of two broadband connections, 8 LAN ports and a Gigabit port. All have 1 LAN port which can be configured as a hardware DMZ.

Click here to test drive the configuration menus (S10 model shown).

User Ratings

User	Rating	Comments
Paul 12/06/2007		The S20 device after reset to factory defaults took a total of 1.75 hours to reconfigure using the manual you supplied. I have established IPSec VPN tunnels with Snapgear, Netgear and D-Link routers with absolutely no issues. Simply run the default settings using the quick configuration tool and bang – connected. Telstra Cable Extreme Download Throughput from Microsoft Downloads comes through @ 1.78Mbytes p/s (or 18.6Mbits). The Netgear FVS318 V1 was only ever able to achieve 860KB throughput from MS Download (this is cached on Telstra). I have 7 Applications and 3 VPNs running and all I can tell you the speed is lightening fast. Not one application failed on deployment (unlike the Cisco 3020 I trialled last week which had major issues with eware.dll). Network Extender works a treat as does Transport Extender (which is what majority of the users will be using). Remote Desktop function and Network Places Client works very well – experience with RDP is equal to local LAN access. So in short, Thank you for switching me on to the S20 – I believe these little buggers have got a very fine future ahead of them.

 

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