SonicWall Router - What's the benefit?

[Piyono]

Someone gave me a SonicWall Soho3 (25 Users).
SonicWall discontinued these but they still sell used for about $100. What's the big deal about these routers? Why are they so expensive? What benefit will I see if I swap this in for my D-Link DI604?

Piyono

 

[Mercutio]

They have pretty nice management and VPN functions. Not really anything a home user needs, but pretty nice for doing site to site VPNs and the like.

 

[Piyono]

VPNs? Who needs VPNs?
Everyone Hamachi!


Piyono

 

[Mercutio]

I have them at some of my customer sites. Sonicwall's VPN is much easier to deal with than trying to set up Microsoft's, and they're a lot cheaper than PIXes.