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Contents 
Introduction
AirDefense v AirMagnet
AirDefense v AirMagnet 2
AirDefense v AirMagnet 3
Comparison table
Bluesocket WG-1100
SonicWall Pro 5060
Specifications
Editor's choice
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A traditional firewall is not much use when it comes to stopping intruders entering your wired LAN via your VLAN. To a firewall, a clever hacker will simply appear as a regular user. SonicWall is a trusted name in firewalls and the Pro 5060 is one of its top models. When paired with the SonicPoint APs it becomes a firewall with WLAN security bells and whistles.
The Pro 5060 is a powerhouse appliance that integrates high-speed gateway, antivirus, content filtering (blacklist), anti-spyware, anti-spam and intrusion detection; add the SonicPoint and you can add Wireless IPSec VPN and AP management to the list.
The Pro 5060 boasts gigabit stateful inspection performance over its six Gigabit ethernet ports, and supports features such as ISP failover, load balancing, WAN redundancy, and policy-based management. The performance specifications of the Pro 5060 are impressive:
- 750,000 concurrent connections
- stateful packet inspection throughput of 2.4Gbps bidirectional
- maximum of 6000 VPN client sessions
- encryption performance of 700Mbps using 3DES or AES.
There are two models of the SonicPoint AP available -- the higher speced unit supplied to the Lab is 802.11a/b/g capable while the "G" model as the name suggests is 802.11b/g.
The SonicPoint is a piece of cake to set up with PoE support and plug-and-play configuration with the Pro 5060 uploading predefined profiles and security settings. The SonicPoint has support for WPA using TKIP or AES alternatively users can be forced to use IPSec VPN tunnelling, managed by the Pro 5060.
In essence the Pro 5060 is a secure wireless gateway, much like the Bluesocket, with the addition of a powerful firewall and AP management.
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