SonicWall VPN Clients Reviews: 4.2/5 — Solid Choice

I like the easy of user interface and it's advance IPS functionality.

The client VPN could use some work and is hit & miss.

It solves our security problems.

Sonicwall is an extremely powerful firewall. The level of customization is almost without limit. The feature that I mostly use everyday is setting up static IPs and dynamic IPs. I also use the deep packet inspection because it work beautifully and it allows me to control all the traffic and it also helped me troubleshoot some port issues.

The level of customization being without limit makes it also extremely complex for simple tasks. I had to set up port forwarding and opening ports, and it was a real nightmare to find what I was looking for.

We use it to prevent any unauthorized access to our data and also use the VPN feature that works beautifully. We very rarely encounter issues with our users not being able to access our network remotely.

SonicWall is great when it comes to accessing a VPN to connect to a work Intranet. I need to have access to certian share drives located on a work server while at home and this has been a lifesaver. The SonicWall mobile app is great at automatically logging me into the network to be able to be on the VPN and access my files at any location.

One thing I really dislike about SonicWall is that once you access the VPN on a mobile device, the connection will automatically time out after 10minutes. I don't really mind having to log back in because once I open the app I am automatically logged in but the fact that I need to stop what I am doing and go back to the app is very irritating.

I currently use SonicWall to connect to my work VPN while away from the office. It has been a lifesaver when I am meeting with a client at a remote location and need to pull up a document located on a share drive at work.

Sonicwall is easy to configure and comes with a HA version that works like a charm. The Sonicpoints integrate easily into the Sonicwall and provides a good solution to wireless access. The global vpn client is a two factor way of logging into the Sonicpoints or remotely.

I dislike the support when they first came out. Since Dell bought them, support is way better.

Adding another layer to security.

Secure access to your office workstation

cost of implementation, but if its not something you are worried about then this software is great!

Secured access to Office workstation remotely.

It does have a really good range of configurable options and there is a wide range of models to suit various markets. The larger units are certainly something that you could use in a large data centre.

The web interface is very dated, only one admin can be logged in at a time ( 6th gen and below) . The web content filtering is not granular enough for education customers. Application control is also an on or off setting you cannot have different settings for different groups.

As a general firewall/router, it is OK, but I found it was unable to handle large volumes of deep packet inspection, which is required in most schools nowadays.

User interface and other features i like the most.

Nothing i dislike about sonic wall however support can be improved

we have used sonic wall for solving network issues and other network related problems.

Easy remote access when I need to check my work email

Sometimes doesn’t load properly the first time

I just use it as a login portal to my Remote Desktop

The best thing is that it is all in one. SonicWall can do from firewall to content filtering to VPN and more. That is the best thing about it. The device itself does a lot. Most of the time it works great.

The interface and the configuration is not easy to use. I hope I can see more user friendly and easy to configure update soon. Some time when yo do change on your network, yo will need to reboot sonicwall in order to continue working.

combined multiple devices in one. I used to have firewall, content filtering and routers devices. This replaced all of them.

I use Dell SonicWall NetExtender and SonicWALL Global VPN. In my current role, I need to connect to dozens of different customers using multiple VPN clients. What I like about SonicWall is that it "plays nicely" with my other VPNs. There are some VPN clients I use that require me to disconnect for all other VPNs which is not practical for me. SonicWall allows me to connect and stay connected even when connecting and disconnecting from others. That's a big plus for me.

I dislike that many times after disconnecting from the VPN, it doesn't always release the connection or it tries to reconnect automatically. When it gets like that, the only solution for me is to reboot. Releasing the IP or flushing the DNS has no impact.

Using the SonicWall VPN has solved connectivity issues to some of my customers. Before the VPN solution was enabled, I needed to do a WebEx with the customer when I needed to connect but was not able to make an ODBC connection to their site via WebEx. With the SonicWall VPN, I can connect to my customer's SQL Server via ODBC and take care of their issue.

Offers a variety of options, ability to filter content and integrate that with Powershell to provide filters by user type are excellent.

Can be a bit clunky at times. We've had some issues with tunneling randomly going down.

Security & Content filtering

VPN functionality is pretty good. Throughput is decent on this device, does not slow internet down significantly. IPS and logging are great Site to Site VPN (IPSEC) Stable Firmware can auto update Backup settings are reliable Device is pretty easy to setup, I like the way the networks are setup, intuitive interface for multiple WAN connections.

The vpn should have web interface to log in by now. Product should have a little more of a security dashboard available. I would like a dash board that shows number of threats blocked per service, IPS, gateway anti virus and malware protection. Show me that the device is providing some ROI Subscription is a little expensive for a small business for all of the services. Renewal should have some way to email me like 90 days out so I'd know to plan to renew services. It seems like we find out too late to get renewal ready.

Site to site connectivity has been achived IPSEC dial up VPN has been helpful. Remote administration has complete interface.

Easy to understand basic settings for firewall beginners, Cloud storage feature for users is most useful.........

Tech support is not supportive on time, and the firewall does not have such advanced features as compared to industry-leading solutions i.e Fortigate, Sophos, PA

local user authentication, cloud storage for users, quick deployment, and upgrades also.

Cheaper option compared to other brands. Reliable way to do certain content filtering.

If you forget to add a specific object, be it an address object or service object, you need to close the rule creator, add the object and start creating the rule from scratch again.

It does basic firewalling stuff well. Content filtering, NATting, IPSec, and it has a local netflow collector to monitor the top talkers and top sites.

Relatively cheap appliance for most uses, easy port listing

Management interface could be better, note I have not used SonicOS 7 yet, but the 6.x versions are difficult for me to use

A good firewall and gateway appliance with decent content filtering. Stops what needs stopped

The two sonicwall firewall/security appliances my institution has used have both had some exceptional features and capabilities for their price range. We had some very astonishing experiences using these devices in terms of the safety and convenience that is offered by Sonicwall appliances.

Customer service from the Sonicwall technical support staff has been lacking since day 1, especially when utilizing their customer sales support staff recommendation for a replacement device when our first appliance failed in the middle of service year 7.

Sonicwall appliances offer a wide array of very functional and useful security features for network administration and subdivision, as well as a comprehensive filter, firewall, and other services for administering networks.

An incredibly powerful firewall with proactive threat protection. Supports the creation of multiple and isolated vlans. Has built in VPN capabilities, with a dedicated vpn client for Windows and the capability to enable an L2TP server for use on other systems. There are multiple hardware tiers for businesses of all sizes. With a subscription, threat protection rules and firmware are kept up-to-date. Support is quite good (and very necessary).

Doing any setup outside of the provided wizards is extremely difficult. Things such as port forwarding requires multiple steps adding and changing settings in 3 different locations. While both threat protection and support are great, they require an activation subscription with Sonicwall that can be quite pricey.

Used as the primary firewall/router, DHCP Server, VPN Server and vlan manager. It’s powerful features allow for creating a large, flexible and secure network.

SonicWall TZ 215 is fairly plug-n-play. Gives you the warm and fuzzies that your network is protected. Once in awhile I get an email that I think means everything is OK. We're a small shop, I'm paying network admin among other roles, and so plug-n-play is valuable. Um, what else. For the most part, I don't worry much about it, which is also a good thing.

Setup of this device - beyond out of the box fairly vanilla configuration - is not for the faint of heart. I would not recommend it to someone who didn't have the experience, time, and proclivity to wade around in the weeds of a cloodgy UI, a configuration model that, as far as I can tell, is unique to SonicWall, and status/monitoring/logging that somehow manages to be both saturating and devoid of much useful information. Perhaps someone who has more experience with SonicWall products, or network/security/admin in general, would have more success than I have had configuring the device for more sophisticated usage.

Our business has regulator compliance and auditing requirements that

My favorite part of the installation process thus far has been backing up my previous version's settings The embedded web server configuration feature is well organized and thought-out and always available. Configuration is straight forward and easy to setup. would surely recommend it to small & medium businesses that require security features and VPN links

they lock up, reboot, and log users out under even very light load. The big problem is that SonicWALL technical support is not just terrible, it is effectively non-existent.

Running public servers behind sonicwall firewall. Running VPN. monitoring bandwidth

SonicWall device performs well to distribute our network load for our office over 2 upstream providers.

SonicWall used to be lean and mean - since being purchased by Dell it hasn't seem to be moving as quickly.

Given that most websites are moving to HTTPS, the content protection afforded by the SonicWall is mostly useless unless you turn on DPI-SSL -- and that brings with it other issues (cpu load, deploying the local RootCA, etc)

When properly configured it does its job, until it doesn't

UI is not friendly, simple things like NAT or port forwarding are overly complicated to set up

Honestly, Sonicwall is not a product we use by choice, normally it is the relic of a client's former MSP. It does secure a client's network, and while it is robust it is not user friendly

The general federation of SonicWALL appliances and the way they've set their website is generally done well. The usual broken links between products are dismissable given the concept is there.

Downside of using SonicWall is the support.

General firewall protection, end-point protection, and antiphishing.

The product is considered among best of breed for high end security appliances

Security is only as good as your ability to implement it. Despite my experience with configuration of many other routers, switches, modems etc, I found it extremely hard to get the port configurations working as desired due to their unwieldy and unique user interface. I brought in networking experts, and still could not get configuration working as I wanted. I could not find SonicWall certified technicians in my area. What\s the use of security appliance if the user can't control it easily?

Enterprise network security