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Aspirant

Feb 27, 2017

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VPN Firewall Comparison

I currently have the SRXN3205 VPN Firewall installed at my home so that I may have a VPN site to site connection from my house to my office and other work sites. After installing it I found out quite quickly that the WAN to LAN throughput was limited to 60 Mbps, while my ISP is providing 200 Mbps.

I have been looking for alternatives to replace the SRXN3205 that will give me the same VPN capabilities as my current Netgear, but can give me the higher WAN to LAN throughput speeds so I can utilize my full internet speeds that are being provided by my ISP.

So far, I have been looking and found the FVS318G which appears to be able to do the same VPN capabilities as the SRXN3205, but does have the faster WAN to LAN throughput speed. The FVS318G does not have Wi-Fi, but I do not need it as I have a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 in place to provide my Wi-Fi.

Question(s):
Would the FVS318G be a comparable replacement for the SRXN3205 that I am currently using?
Are there any drawbacks to the FVS318G that I may run into/need to know about?
Is there a better alternative than the FVS318G?

Thanks in advance,
Derek

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DaneA
Mar 08, 2017
@Dion07,

You will not lose anything that you currently need with the FVS318Gv2.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

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DaneA
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Feb 28, 2017
Hi Dion07,

I believe you are referring to the FVS318Gv2. Its product code in North America is FVS318G-200NAS.

About IPSec VPN, here are the differences:

a. The FVS318Gv2 has a VPN throughput of 30Mbps while the SRXN3205 has a VPN throughput of 20Mbps.

b. The FVS318Gv2 supports 12 dedicated VPN tunnels while the SRXN3205 supports 5 dedicated VPN tunnels.

If you are looking for other ProSAFE VPN Firewall as alternative to the FVS318Gv2, you may check on the FVS336Gv3, FVS318N and SRX5308. See their specifications and comparison here.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team
- Dion07
  Aspirant
  Feb 28, 2017
  DaneA Yes, I am currently looking at the FVS318G-200NAS.
  I currently have the SRXN3205 and wanted to verify that the FVS318G-200NAS (or FVS318Gv2) would be a viable replacement as I am not 100% sure and would like a second opinion. :)
  - DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Mar 02, 2017
    Dion07,
    
    Let me also inform you that if you purchased the FVS318Gv2, it is bundled with a VPN Lite Client software that has 1 Lite license key included for free. You can use this in setting up a client-to-box VPN. For more information, kindly read this article.
    
    Regards,
    
    DaneA
    
    NETGEAR Community TEam