ZoneAlarm now selling Secure Wireless Z100G router
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ZoneAlarm now selling Secure Wireless Z100G router
People associate ZoneAlarm Company with firewall software products. But the company also develops other security applications like antivirus and AntiSpyware.
ZoneAlarm is now entering into the network hardware market as they have just announced the launch of a new high-end wireless router.
Their Secure Wireless Z100G router uses WPA2 (802.11) and IPSec encryption and features firewall and antivirus protection, remote access, Super-G connectivity, and extended wireless range.
It would be made available in the retail market by the end of this month. They plan to target this router at home networking market.
Laura Yecies, general manager of Check Point’s consumer and small business division spoke on this new development: “A wireless network creates great convenience, but the technology that allows for that convenience also provides only the most rudimentary security features. By combining software like the ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite with a secure gateway, consumers can actually have several layers of defense.”
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I was not aware nor was the engineering team at Zonelabs and Sofaware that the Z100G does not work with WildBlue satellite internet connections.
There is a latency issue that occurs as the packets are sent to the satellite (22000 miles away) and back that the Z100G can not handle.
I spent many hours with Sofaware tech support to help them and me address this issue. We eventually gave up and I returned the unit for a refund. Unfortunately for me I spent quite a bit of time doing their beta testing and was not reimbursed for it and even had to pay the shipping fees to return the unit. I’m disappointed in the technological failure and also in the customer support policy of not reimbursing me for the return shipping.
Stay away from this item if you are using WildBlue but I do not know if HughesNet satellite would have a similar issue but I would guess that it would.
I plan to buy the router in the next days. I have purchased checkpoint sofaware products in the past, but they were meant for bigger enviroments. This router is perfect for a house. One more issue: checkpoint people here in Madrid configured the Back to my Mac Apple’s option to work with their products. The solution they used is pasted on dotmac forum at Apple’s by me. This says all about Checkpoint’s attention.