hey guys
I need a help finding T1 firewall

thanx

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Lots of questions came in my mind!

T1 can carry 24 digitized voice channels or 1.544 Mbps bandwidth, and it is generally thought of as Fibre or even Copper Lines terminating at your end. whats yours?

If T1 is for a backbone link, you might have a router, L-3 switch or whatever that intercepts the packets/data/voice. Now, which firewall are you talking about ? Firewall to be put before the packets/data/voice reach your network, or something , which isnt on my head right now ?

Some of the firewalls, you might consider are:
1. Sonicwall, Juniper-integrated firewall support, Watchguard, Cisco PIX .. so on
2. If you want a machine to be put, try on iptables, ipf or so... ( there are lots )

If you have to setup a test environment only, go with low commodity hardwares and configure a software firewall from option 2.

But obviously, adding firewalls come up as a requirement and people know they have to pay big bucks. See what the bucks and resource requirements are and choose any of the first options . That would be your best bet.

Sonicwall, cisco pix, Netscreen, Watchgurd, Untangle, Checkpoint....

There is no such thing T1 firewall... all firewalls are Ethernet to Ethernet so any WAN connections should be fine.

If u are looking for a low budget yet powerful and flexible firewall then use pf in Open BSD with a failover ethernet card.

For hardware I suggest using CISCO PIX.

It depends upon how you intend to use T1 line. If you want to tunnel ethernet over T1, then you will need a T1-ethernet converter. After that you can use a cheap commodity class router as a firewall or use software.

if you are not hosting servers then go with Cisco Pix 501 but i think sonic wall is far better in price as well as service dont forget to check them out.