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Broadband speed halfed after passing through Cisco firewall

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  • 09-01-2016 1:35pm
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    Firewalkwithme
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    Where I work we have a 100mbps line coming in from Pure Telecom into their router. The router is set to bridge mode so it passes everything on to a Cisco firewall and then on to switches etc.

    Strange thing is that after passing through the firewall we only get a download speed of 50mbps :confused:

    Any ideas what the cause of this might be?


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    ED E
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    Is the Cisco new? Routers and FWs have maximums and older gear won't support more than 40 or 50Mbps WAN throughput sometimes. More features enaabled = less performance too in some cases.


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    Firewalkwithme
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    ED E wrote: »
    Is the Cisco new? Routers and FWs have maximums and older gear won't support more than 40 or 50Mbps WAN throughput sometimes. More features enaabled = less performance too in some cases.

    It's a few years old as far as I know, I'd need to have a look at it again to check the model number. If it is the bottleneck it's got to go. We have quite a few staff who use a VPN to connect to our server and it's just not acceptable to lose half of your bandwidth because of an outdated firewall.


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    ED E
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    When you get the model just google it, cisco datasheet should be a top result.


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    mass_debater
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    This is a regular complaint, you'll have to upgrade the firewall to get full speed. You ate not going too bad, I've seen some drop to 20mbit on 100mbit connections


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    Firewalkwithme
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    Any recommendations on a modern model that wouldn't do this?


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    mass_debater
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    Cartoon_Head wrote: »
    Any recommendations on a modern model that wouldn't do this?

    Check out the Sonicwall TZ series, read the comparison and buy what you require


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    Firewalkwithme
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    Thanks for the feedback folks, much appreciated.


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    Throughput is what you need to be looking at..


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