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15 Mar 2022 17:37 #1 by dimco
Advice on 2862 was created by dimco
Hi, One of our office will be upgrading to a 1GB/1GB leased line, so out go the old 2860 because of the speed limit.

I am looking at the 2962 , the docs on this is not very self explaining so I have some quick questions.

1. Will it cope with the new speed of 1GB/1GB up/down ?
2. It is advertised as a Firewall Router, is the Firewall any good on this ? This is for a small office of about 10-15 users and 2x2016 Servers, all WKS are Win10 and all have AVG Inernet Security (inc Firewall)

I have been using Draytek for many years and I love the features so if possible I would love to stick with Draytek products.

Thanks for any help on this.

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15 Mar 2022 21:47 #2 by ccarmock
Replied by ccarmock on topic Re: Advice on 2862
Yes the 2962 should handle 1 Gb/s up / down with no problem. It has only one 2.5 Gb/s port - so cannot handle more than 1 Gb/s to a single device. I am surprised it didn't have 2 x 2.5 Gb/s ports. I guess pushes more people to the 3910

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16 Mar 2022 08:05 #3 by dimco
Replied by dimco on topic Re: Advice on 2862
Thanks, that should solve the speed demand, but how good is the firewall ? Just need something stable and powerful enough for a small office.

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16 Mar 2022 10:09 #4 by j1mbo
Replied by j1mbo on topic Re: Advice on 2862
What do you want from the firewall? Layer-4 only? UTM? IPS? Reverse Proxy? WAF?

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16 Mar 2022 10:11 #5 by edinburgh
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I'm confused: in the title you mention 2862 and in the main body, 2962, which are two different products.

2862 was replaced with 2865 and 2866. 2862 is *likely* to use an older Intel/Lantiq chipset, while the 2862 and 2866 a newer one. So, probably best to check this out, as I have read this makes a difference in the way the connection is handled, especially in relation to Broadcom-based cabinets.

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16 Mar 2022 17:27 #6 by dimco
Replied by dimco on topic Re: Advice on 2862
Apology for the title confusion, I am looking to replace the old 2860 with the 2962 to go with the 1Gb line, I already have two 2862 but really looking at the 2962 as a new replacement.

For the firewall, looking for basic hack/ping proof solution, something that will stand up well against hackers ,safe and reliable enough not having it breakdown regularly, just the usual office protection against your daily hack/ddos type of attacks.
Thanks and sorry for the mistyped title.

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