We evaluated Fortinet routers before finding the Snapgear line, but how else has the SMB router/firewall landscape changed in the last few years that would affect which product lines we should be looking at?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Yet, Snapgear went from being an innovative firm to virtually STALLING after the cyberguard acquisition.

I don’t know many of the kit you mention, I just own a Snapgear Lite2+, and what I know is that firmware updates had stopped around mid 2005 at version 1.8something.

And only NOW I found at the McAfee page a download link for a 1.8.12 firmware dated 2009. That would be the first firmware update in four years.

I know, it’s kinda amazing that a four-years old product is still not only useful and still relevant but also supported.

I don’t know what Cyberguard did, but it certainly felt that it concentrated on newer more expensive models while leaving Lite/Lite2+ customers on their own.

What certainly I cannot understand is why there’s no community around these devices. I expected to find forums, tweaks, third party software, even unofficial firmware with additional features. But I found nothing.

FC
PS: Someone tell McAfee that since there’s linux inside, that they should publish the GPL source code of the firmware, now that the snapgear site is gone.

My guess is that they want the SnapGear for SOHO, the rest is just baggage. SnapGear has already got content filtering proxy, mail gateway and access-lists already. They can add the virus and content scanning then sell it as a home firewall. The SnapGear uses the Motorola Coldfire processor, so it can be manufactured cheap.

Maybe they want another shot at the Enterprise market, hard to believe because not too many people take them seriously.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/02/14/nai_sells_firewall_business/

I wonder why SC sold and why McAfee bought? There must be more to this one than simple economics?