Hi,
We're interested in this device/OS at work here, and we have a specific use for the box.
What we need is a box that can do the following:
1) Has an AP built-in, which can be used in conjunction with an existing RADIUS/WPA2/EAP-TLS installation for small branch sites.
2) Can connect to two ADSL modems and load-balance traffic between the two.
3) Has a full-featured firewall set that can be configured for two zones, one public and one staff, and separate traffic between them. So multiple VLANs/SVIs are essential.
4) VPN tunnels: potentially two of, both going to the same VPN concentrator (a Netscreen 5000)and data to be load-balanced between the two VPNs.
This leads to
5) Real-world IPSEC/3DES or AES tunnel performance of at least 16Mbps to cope with the maximum throughput of the two connections.
6) Inexpensive. Looking at the options available the RB493 or 450 would seem to be the ones we'd be after. We already have a $1000 solution (a Juniper SSG5 connected to two Netgear DG834s for dual-ADSL, which lacks wireless, or a Cisco 877 single ADSL which is obviously cheaper). I'd be interested in any small, easily deployable alternative (I've seen the PicoITX being mentioned a few times but I think the problem with that would be the lack of ethernet ports -- we're going to need at least four).
Does the above seem feasible? Looking at the specs it seems to be a bit of a borderline case, so I'd be interested to hear any comments.
Thanks!