SonicWALL TZ 105 Network Security Appliance

Pros: Great router for small + medium sized businesses.
Highly configurable to handle any scenario.
Very reliable.
Nice add-on features/services for web monitoring/filtering, IDS/IPS, etc.
Multitude of VPN capabilities including smartphone VPN client apps.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: You get what you pay for, it's worth spending more for business class equipment for use in a business environment over consumer/home equipment.

Pros: Uses the same quality SonicOS as it's predecessor TZ-100. Reasonably easy to configure as a standard router inside a DSL or Cable internet connection. Extremely configurable outside of the standard information needed. I have one of these configured with multiple LAN's; a business network, and an isolated network for our lab.

I have deployed about 100 of these units (TZ-100/TZ-105) for various clients and purposes, and have only had one issue (see below). I would recommend these for anyone who is tired of replacing those junk consumer units every couple years. I have a couple clients using the TZ-100 on a 35 station network with 20Mbps internet with no issues.

Not a CON because of the quick resolution, but one of these newer TZ-105's for our customer burned up a power pack. SonicWall had the replacement to us the next day, so not going to take away an egg for that. (Uses the same power pack as the TZ-100 series, and out of over 100 units deployed, this was the only one that has failed.)

Cons: SonicWall owned by DELL now, so hard to say long term if the quality will hold up down the road. So far, support hasn't changed much, so kudos there. But Dell scares me with their ongoing quality issues in their business PC area, so I can only hope that they do not change their manufacturing or design processes to be like their PC products.

Other Thoughts: This device, like most other SonicWall devices is highly configurable. Venturing outside the capabilities of the wizards (which help you with basic tasks only) will require more than entry-level knowledge of network protocols, routing, etc. As far as what this device can do, it is comparable to the capabilities of equivalent Cisco devices, but at a much lower price in most cases.

I have been using SonicWall for all of my Small Business installations ever since the quality of the Linksys RV042 went to heck (about 3 years~), and have found them to be quite reliable.