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Customer Reviews of Sonicwall TZ 170-25 Internet Security Appliance

Nice product with 1 huge flaw
This review is for firmware v3102-Standard_OS of this device. Keep in mind that this product offers many optional services and upgrades which can significantly increase the functionality and price. <
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>The TZ170 has a nice, easy-to-navigate web-mgmt interface. It strikes me as a polished, quality OS. Overall features are consistent with Linksys and Netgear models costing about half as much. The unit I tested got very hot on the bottom-center, so use in a well-cooled area. The case is plastic, but well-made. <
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>Now the flaw: this unit, like many similar models, allows you to create access-rules to permit traffic (usually incoming) on certain ports. There is a long list of pre-defined services and you can create custom-services also. Each service has a check-box for "Enable logging", so it would seem all you need to do is check the corresponding log-category and you're good to go - NOPE. It turns out that the unit will only log dropped packets , or as the admin guide says, "blocked connections". I spent a long call to Sonicwall tech support, during which time the rep went and talked to his manager, to confirm this lack of functionality. <
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>This means, for the power-user or admin who wants their daily log-email to show the previous night's successful PPTP or Remote-Desktop pass-through connections, they are out of luck. Some shops will not care, but as most of the entry-level firewalls I am familiar with have this functionality, I was shocked to find out this unit could not do it. <
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>If you do not need pass-through logging, this unit is worth considering.