From: Felix Nkansah (felixnkansah@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 06 2009 - 21:23:16 ARST
Hi Chris,
The 5505 uses switched ports instead of the routed ports you would see in
the higher models.
One has to use SVIs for L3 stuff on the 5505 therefore (like we do on the
FWSM).
The 5505 does not support security contexts and stateful failover (even
though it supports bare active/standby failover).
Get a box with a security plus license anyway if you want to enjoy enough
functionalities.
By the way, why are you replacing Checkpoint with Cisco? It's like replacing
BMWs with Daewoo.
If you have to introduce new firewall/IDS/IPS/UTM stuff in your network, I
would advise you to go for Juniper products instead.
2 cents!
Felix
ccie r&s, security
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Christopher Copley
<copley.chris@gmail.com>wrote:
> Group,
>
> My company is moving away from Checkpoints to ASA's. I have got my
> management to buy me 2 ASA 5505's for my lab to learn. My question is,
> how
> does the 5505's compare to the 5510 and above? Is there much that I will
> not be able to test or practice with the 5505's, or major differences?
>
>
> Chris
>
>
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