Looking for small business wireless firewall with VLAN features

[Tornec]

Hello,

I've spent the last week checking out all the reviews and features for wireless firewall routers with VLAN capabilities. Its been conflicting, some review say great things and then you read the feedback and it gets panned.

Scenario

• I'm building a small LAN configured with (4) network segments; (2) wired + (2) wireless.
• (2) of the VLANs will be wireless hotspots; (1) "public" + (1) "corpnet".
• With the VLANs, I'd like to have the option for limited or no access to each other.
• I'm not expecting any more than 50-60 users at any one time across the whole network.
• As for wireless speed and distance, well bigger is better, but I am flexible here, the VLAN config is most important.
• The budget for the wireless, firewall, router, appliance is < $1k.

I assume this is fairly simple and straight forward and that someone in this forum has one of these and loves their config.

Routers
Below are the routers that I have been considering.

• Cisco RV220W
• SonicWALL TZ 210 Wireless (lower and higher models also)
• WatchGuard XTM 25/25-W

Questions

1. Anyone have a similar setup and gone with one device, which one? I have read that some recommend get the firewall and then get a wireless router.
2. Can this be done for < 1k?
3. What would you recommend?

Thanks in advance for your expertise and suggestions.

Much appreciated.

Cheers - Tornec

 

[claykin]

Zyxel USG100

Four LAN ports on board that can be set to different zones. Supports VLAN and a host of other features. Also supports dual WAN for load balance/failover.

Get 2x Wifi access points. This way as wireless tech changes you can change AP's without needing a whole new endpoint.

 

[Tornec]

claykin,

That makes sense. The only think I'd be looking is centralized management but at the size of LAN I'm talking about its not a major necessity.

Thanks for the feedback.

Tornec

 

[Tornec]

I went with the Sonicwall TZ 210 and added a couple Netgear wireless routers. The implementation went very well and is happily running the network.

 

[TonyH]

Hi,
I am using a Zywall USG 20W in front of Asus RT-N66 at home. I disabled the radio on the Zywall. With latest firmware there are so many features. I guess USG 100 is more able. IMO, they are good value for the money.