NETGEAR ProSafe SSL312 SSL VPN Concentrator 25 - VPN Gateway ( SSL312-100NAS)

List Price: $418.99 Discount Price: Too low to display

Features:

• Remote Access - Supports 25 concurrent tunnels and is tailored for the Small and Mid-Sized businesses.
• Provides browser based secure access to your corporate network; no client required on the users laptop for remote access.
• Uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) a protocol popular in the world of e-commerce.

Customer Reviews:

Mac users beware - only works on PowerPC macs [Posted on 2006-12-21]
This is a good product and works as advertised - with one small flaw. If you're an Apple Mac user, you'll only be able to use it if you're running a PowerPC Mac. Due to a compilation problem in the VPN client Java library by Netgear, the SSL VPN client will not run on an Intel based Mac (even through Rosetta).

If you're planning to use this with an Intel Mac - wait for a firmware upgrade from Netgear otherwise you'll just be staring at a useless blue box with a flashing green light!

Great Product that is difficult to set up with poor docs/support [Posted on 2007-07-12]
Since they first came out, I have set up several of these for customers. This one happened to be for my office. Once set up, they are great. The biggest problem is the tech support people. Slow to respond, foreign accent, and bad attitudes. Figure on 4 to 6 hours between hold time and the time necessary to work through any issues with the tech support people. The documentation is useless. I have never been able to get some of the features to work such as remotely running Word or Excel. I might be able to figure it out if I had the time, but I really don't.

They have also been somewhat unreliable. I suggest that you immediately register the product before installing it. Then when you do have to call tech support to set it up, it will be somewhat easier. When you register you are offered an extended service plan. BUY IT! If your device fails, you get overnight delivery of a replacement. It also provides access to better tech support, and you get tech support for several years instead of 90 days.

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