Description
Namek Technologies brings you the most affordable open source firewall in India.
Small Yet Powerful!
The NFW2C4 is loaded with the 64-bit version of pfSense Firewall.
Quad Core CPU
4GB RAM
Low power (6W – 10 W)
3x Gigabit Intel NICs
16GB mSATA SSD for excellent reliability and faster boot time.
Why the NFW2C4 Should be your top choice for pfSense ?
– Most affordable and cheapest hardware firewall in the market capable of sustaining hundreds of users
– It is a top notch quad core embedded platform , Fanless and uses very Low power
– Very Small form factor (Smaller than mini ITX)
Technical Specifications
Hardware Specifications:
CPU – AMD GX-412TC, 1 GHz Quad Jaguar core with 64 bit and AES-NI support
RAM – 4GB
Connectivity – 3 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Intel Gigabit Ethernet Ports (Intel i210AT), 2 USB 3.0 Ports, 1 Serial Port
Storage – 16GB mSATA SSD (Phison S9 controller)
Dimensions – 168 mm x 157 mm x 30 mm (6.6″ x 6.1″ x 1.2″)
Weight – 0.85 Kg
Power Consumption – 6W (Idle) 10W (Full Load)
pfSense Throughput benchmarks (approx):
Max Throughput – 800 Mbps
Max Throughput (with firewall) – 600 Mbps
OpenVPN Throughput AES 256 – 120 Mbps
Features
pfSense is becoming the most popular FreeBSD based firewall. Some of its features are:
– Firewall to secure your network
– NAT – forwarding TCP ports for Servers, CCTV DVRs, Remote access.
– Multi-WAN Load balancing to use multiple ISPs at the same time (either in failover or load balancing mode)
– VPN – Securely accessing your office network or connecting satellite offices to the HQ
– Reporting – RRD Graphs and real-time traffic graphs
– Dynamic DNS – If you don’t have a static IP, but need to configure VPN or port forwarding for CCTV, you can integrate pfSense with many popular dynamic DNS providers. Like no-ip or dyndns
– Captive Portal – This feature allows you to force authentication, or redirection to a click through page for network access. This is commonly used on Wi-Fi hotspot networks (malls, coffee shops, hotels, airports)
pfSense feature-set can be extended by the use of packages
Support and Warranty
This product comes with 1 Year Hardware warranty
Technical support is NOT included in the price mentioned above can be purchased separately
What is the warranty process? What if the device fails during warranty period?
If the device fails during the warranty period, you simply have to send the faulty device to us and we will send you a replacement after inspection.
Why Us?
Why should you choose Namek Technologies as your next firewall vendor?
– Expertise, not just a hardware vendor – We’re experts in overall computer networking, cloud computing, information security and not your average hardware dealer who just sells on behalf of the manufacturer
– Deployed 200+ Open-Source firewalls across various verticals and companies of all sizes (Small to Large scale)
– Our prime goal is to provide an affordable, stable and secure firewall solution to SMEs in India
Comparison with commercial firewalls
Open-Source vs Commercial Firewalls :
Benefits with an open-source firewall are:
– No subscription charges – With most commercial firewalls you have to pay an expensive “subscription fees” to use even the most basic functions. With open-source firewalls, there are no subscription charges whatsoever.
– Lifetime free updates and upgrades – You get free security updates and upgrades to new versions free of charge.
– No user limit – You have no hard limits on number of users. You can add as many users as the hardware resources permit
– Open hardware – If you don’t like pfSense or want to switch to something else, you can easily install virtually ANY Linux / Unix based operating system without any problems. Once you purchase the hardware, it is yours to do as you like!
– Extensible – You can extend the features of the firewall by installing additional packages of your choice. (Like snort / suricata, squid /squidguard )
– Highly affordable – Most commercial firewalls with 4GB ram (that virtually support 4,000,000+ concurrent connections or more) start at Rs. 3 Lakhs !
Comparison with assembled desktop firewalls
While you can easily build an assembled desktop firewall for about the same price, here is why we recommend the NFW2C4:
Consumes Less power – It only consumes 6W to 10W of power, which means it can be online on your UPS for a very long time as compares to a regular 500W desktop SMPS
Highly Reliable – Our firewall has no moving parts with passive cooling and so it is far more reliable than any assembled desktop that frequently fail due to SMPS, FAN and other failures.
Takes Less Space – Due to its compact size, It takes up the same space as your broadband modem or a wireless router!
POE Enabled – If you have a PoE switch, you don’t even need the power adapter. You can directly power the firewall with an ethernet cable from your PoE enabled switch
Current use cases
Currently, this firewall is being used in a variety of industry verticals.
Some use cases are:
– As a standard firewall to secure your network against hackers
– For website filtering at offices, schools, colleges, call centers, Industries etc.
– As a WAN load balancer to combine multiple internet connections for companies that need 100% uptime.
You can even use 3G / 4G routers for failover / loadbalancing
– At hotels / restaurants where you want to offer guest Wi-Fi with username / password or voucher based authentication.
– For connecting branch offices to the corporate office on standard broadband connections
Firoz –
Its working great – no complaints.
Nihanth –
works very well.
Sharukh –
So far, it’s been rock solid.
Shubham gupta –
awesome 🙂
Shubham gupta –
works great for than 200 users..
Manoj sharma –
This product is working so well, we have not had one fail either.
Pranshant Dev –
good
Shrinivas Rao –
For a small infrastructure – i.e. medium office this works great, although I’m using it at home
Ronit Pal –
No Issues till date.
Madhav Kashyap –
Perfect Solution for SMBs.
Keshav –
Awesome Security,ease of use.Very flexible FW. Have migrated to PFSense to guard my home and work networks (2 connections at work). Best decisions I ever made.
ranjeeth –
Theis has a very good range, suitable for all scenarios from Home and Small Office, right through to data-center.
Arjun Reddy –
This pfSense firewall hardware is fantastic. This is very powerful and feature rich, and will save you a lot of money if you compare them with equivalent models from fortinet, cyberoam etc.
Pritam Swain –
Very good open source firewall. Lots of add on options, that allow you to cover just about any function you could want, from VPN to content filtering and IDS.
Priyashree –
I’m using it at office as it provides all of the features I need, with an easy to navigate console.
Highly recommended for new to advanced users for it’s simplicity.
Akram Ali –
I’ve been using this pfSense firewall as a core element of my network infrastructure for over 10 years. It connects multiple sites together, and provides protection, IPS, remote connectivity, DHCP services, and a very configurable IP aliasing system. You can have enterprise features on commodity hardware with an open source product.
Jathin –
One of the best solutions for SMB environments. I’ve been using pfSense firewall for more than 5 years now, not once it failed me.
Jagdip khurana –
Does quite a few things the Big Name Firewalls can do.
Great for Open Source hardware!
Highly Recommend this solution!
Umesh –
Great hardware solution firewall.
Anandh –
Awesome solution for SMBs. Great on the wallet and those on budgets.
Suresh swain –
This pfSense firewall hardware is fantastic. This is very powerful and feature rich, and will save you a lot of money if you compare them with equivalent models from Cisco, Juniper etc.
Rakesh Patro –
Does everything you could possibly want from a firewall including VPN , load balancing, failover and many other Enterprise quality things.
Shalini Sen –
This is a great network device for midsize businesses!
Dhanish –
Good flexibility.
Ashok chakravarthy –
Since installation – all is working well.
anurag sharma –
Great Performance..
zeeshan –
Really works well. I haven’t had any issues with it so far. Great price for this product.
quadir –
I’ve been very pleased with this unit after having it for about 3 months now
Nithin Sharma –
The build quality is great, and overall a solid device
Amir –
Easy to set-up and configure with lots of features that a lot small businesses won’t need – but that offer tons of flexibility if you need it.
Shri Ram –
It is a solid product and a cost effective alternative to other big names out there.
Ranjith Rahul –
An excellent firewall hardware.powerful. Reliable.
Hemanth –
Since setup, no issues and unit has been doing what it is supposed to do! Happy with it!
praveen –
Been using this at my house as of now, and I must say it is a very solid platform. Absolutely something I’d use in an enterprise environment.
sunil –
Excellent Firewall that’s getting more powerful and friendlier with every release.
raghu ram –
Excellent Firewall that’s getting more powerful and friendlier with every release. Upgrades and backup/restore actually works which is refreshing.
Rosalin Mohanty –
Fantastic firewall for SOHO, and SMB.
Dinesh Shukla –
Definitely a great firewall without buying expensive equipment.
Vikas Verma –
pfSense firewalls are fantastic. They are very powerful and feature rich, and will save you a lot of money if you compare them with equivalent models from Cisco, Juniper etc.
They have a very good range, suitable for all scenarios from Home and Office, right through to data-center.
Neeraj Sharma –
Does everything you could possibly want from a firewall including VPN , load balancing, failover and many other Enterprise quality things.
Prashant Singh –
Absolutely something I’d use in an enterprise environment, but definitely something you should get acquainted with beforehand.
Mayank –
Deployed pfSense on some aging commodity hardware in our small office and have been real happy with it. The available packages are great for providing additional UTM type services.
Tushar –
We’ve been using pfsense for about a year now and are very impressed with the options,s plugins, build and stability of the system.
Hinten Tejwani –
the product is great
Ajay pandey –
This is easily the most configurable open source firewall project I have come across
Alam Hussain –
Can’t believe how easy it is to set up out of the box. Fire up the server, install the platform and then you assign a LAN/WAN interface… DONE!
Rajath Singh –
We’ve installed about a half dozen of these units over the last few months and have had no issues with them. We’ve used them for creating separate VLANs for segmenting VoIP from data as well as separate VLANs for guest networks.
Amardeep –
Works perfect for our needs. Well worth the price.
Jennifer –
This has proved to be a very useful equipment for our small business LAN. We have two connections – one leased line and one broadband – from two different service providers. I read up reviews of load balancers online and decided to buy. And so far there are no troubles.
wahid –
very happy with the performance and the load balancing feature
affordable business level router, very happy with the performance and the load balancing feature.
Aditya –
Very Nice . Security feature is up to my expectations . Recommend for office users as well as home users
Anurag kashyap –
affordable business level router, very happy with the performance and the load balancing feature.
Aman Arora –
I have deployed it for a small business , it works great. You have the option for dual WAN setup in Load balancing or Failover mode.
Siddharth Sinha –
Cheapest firewall in the market! Getting throughput approximately 595 Mb/s
V. Srinavasan –
Been purchasing products of PC Engines since many years now (since they had launched Alix Boards). Reliable hardware for low cost firewall use. Fast Shipping
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