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Samuel P.

Samuel P.

Joined on 10/05/04

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Great Small Business Firewall

CISCO ASA5505-SEC-BUN-K9 ASA 5505 Security Appliance
CISCO ASA5505-SEC-BUN-K9 ASA 5505 Security Appliance

Pros: Great firewall for small organizations. Configures exactly as the more expensive 5510. Full featured. Can be setup to do anything. Expensive (compared to netgear or linksys) - but worth every dime, as you can create more complex configurations that are impossible with the cheaper firewalls.

Cons: No Internal fans. Label on the bottom of the device says "CAUTION - component surfaces may be hot" - while likely intended to mean internal components, the outside of the case even gets very hot. A small fan directed toward the device takes care of it.

Overall Review: Device is physically smaller than it looks in the pictures.

Nice Server Board

ASUS P5M2/2GBL ATX Server Motherboard LGA 775 Intel 3000 DDR2 667
ASUS P5M2/2GBL ATX Server Motherboard LGA 775 Intel 3000 DDR2 667

Pros: Nice layout. Everything oriented for front to back air flow. (including memory). Nice setup for a rack mount chassis. Good fast board.

Cons: None

Overall Review: The board has more jumpers and switches than I've seen on a MB in a long time. The default setup works out of the box.

Nearly a work of art

iStarUSA IS-26 Industrial type of Ball Bearing Sliding Rails with Length 26"
iStarUSA IS-26 Industrial type of Ball Bearing Sliding Rails with Length 26"

Pros: Very nice case. Rolled edges, fit and finish are excellent. Internal wiring easly routed. Will certainly use the case in future projects.

Cons: Power supply not supported on the front side. Only held in by back mounts.

Overall Review: Good cooling, appears to be capable of redundant power supply setup.

Decent Wireless

NETGEAR FWG114P 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall
NETGEAR FWG114P 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall

Pros: Good solid package. Works well with other Netgear products. Have a L*****s wireless router in the same room, wireless clients always attach to the Netgear.

Cons: VPN Setup not consistent between products. Takes a little monkeying around.

Overall Review: Have 4 of these devices for a VPN. This device does not support AES (The FVS318 device supports multiple flavors of AES). Only encryption options for this device are DES and 3DES.

Rockin' View

ViewSonic 22" Active Matrix, TFT LCD WSXGA LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D Optiquest Series Q22wb
ViewSonic 22" Active Matrix, TFT LCD WSXGA LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI-D Optiquest Series Q22wb

Pros: Great Monitor. Contrast Great, Bright screen, works great w/ applications and video. No dead pixels. Arrived in two days w/ standard shipping. NewEgg ROCKS!

Cons: None

Overall Review: No speakers, but who buys a widescreen for the speakers?