pfSense 6 Port Firewall Hardware Appliance India – NFW7100U

Description

Namek Technologies brings you the most affordable open source firewall in India.

Embedded System with HDMI Port for display output !

Extreme pfSense performance, in a small box with lot of customization options!

The NFW7100 can be loaded with 64-bit PfSense Installation

Intel Core i3 7100U @ 2.4Ghz CPU
4GB / 8GB / 16GB
Low power (25W)
6x Gigabit Intel 82583V NICs
32GB SSD / 2.5″ SATA HDD (or both)

Why the NFW7100 Should be your top choice for pfSense ?
– Most affordable and cheapest hardware firewall in the market capable of sustaining hundreds / thousands of users
– Capable of more than 1 Gbps+ of aggregate firewall throughput
– It has the latest Intel Kaby platform , Fanless and uses very Low power (25W)
– Very Small form factor

 

Technical Specifications

Hardware Specifications:

CPU – Intel Core i3 Processor 7100U (3M Cache, 2.4 Ghz) with Intel Virtualization Support, Intel AES-NI hardware accelerated encryption support
RAM – 4GB / 8GB /16GB / (1 slot)

Front-Panel Connectors
power on/off button
4 x USB 3.0 Ports
1 x HDMI Video Connector
1 x COM port

Internal Connectors
1 x Mini PCIe mSATA port (for mSATA SSD)
1x Mini PCIe Port for wireless Card (Wi-Fi card + Antennas to be purchased separately)
2 x DDR4 SO-DIMM Memory Slots
1 x Full SATA Port

Back-Panel Connectors
1 xDV 12V DC input
HDD LED, Power LEDs
6x Intel Gigabit Lan NICs (Intel 82583V)

Storage – 32GB SSD
Dimensions – 155 mm x 126.5 mm x 52.5 mm
Weight – 2 Kg
Power Consumption – 25W

 

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

Namek NFW7100U 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 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 a very high price

 

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 NFW7100U:

Consumes Less power – It only consumes 25W 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. You can even mount it behind a monitor with the included VESA Mount Plate

 

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

Other use cases

This can also be used as:

– Ubuntu Desktop / Server with GUI
– CentOS Desktop / server
– Windows Server (Supports windows 10)
– General Purpose Linux Server
– VoIP Server
– Virtualization (Proxmox / Vmware ESXi)