Cisco ASA alternative? / New firewall

[Sir Asvald]

Hello everyone. I'm currently using a Cisco ASA 5505. It's very old. I'd like to replace with something more modern. I'm located in the UK. My budget is around £150-200. It must have VPN option and gigabit Ethernet. The ASA only has 100mbps. Uses old RSA encryption with isn't the best. I'd like something that can be configured easily.

 

Thanks.

[brwainer]

I’m assuming based on what you wrote that you aren’t concerned with an actively updated security subscription (what they call FirePower or FirePower-X on Cisco ASA). Therefore how about an x86 based firewall appliance (one good brand is Protectli) and run PFSense or OPNSense or Untangle on it? Or get a NetGate SG-1100 which has PFSense preinstalled. 

[Sir Asvald]

25 minutes ago, brwainer said:

I’m assuming based on what you wrote that you aren’t concerned with an actively updated security subscription (what they call FirePower or FirePower-X on Cisco ASA). Therefore how about an x86 based firewall appliance (one good brand is Protectli) and run PFSense or OPNSense or Untangle on it? Or get a NetGate SG-1100 which has PFSense preinstalled. 

I know about the new FirePower. I didn't mention them because they are so expensive. I've got a spare pc which I can use

[Lurick]

Do you need gigabit throughput or would like 500Mbps throughput be okay?

[Sir Asvald]

24 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Do you need gigabit throughput or would like 500Mbps throughput be okay?

500Mbps will be fine for me.

[scottyseng]

4 hours ago, Abdul201588 said:

I know about the new FirePower. I didn't mention them because they are so expensive. I've got a spare pc which I can use

I wanted to buy one for homelabbing until I saw the price tags. haha

 

Even Fortigate would cost a fair bit for 500Mb/s

[Lurick]

3 hours ago, Abdul201588 said:

500Mbps will be fine for me.

Maybe look at Firewalla, it's not near as feature rich as the ASA or anything but provides about 500Mbps of throughput and has a VPN functionality too.

[Sir Asvald]

1 hour ago, Lurick said:

Maybe look at Firewalla, it's not near as feature rich as the ASA or anything but provides about 500Mbps of throughput and has a VPN functionality too.

Hmm. Is it available outside the US? Also Anything that can be virtualised? I'm trying to keep power to a minimum. 

[Lurick]

1 hour ago, Abdul201588 said:

Hmm. Is it available outside the US? Also Anything that can be virtualised? I'm trying to keep power to a minimum. 

It's about a 2" by 2" cube and is available outside the US, USB powered so very small power draw.

[Acedia]

9 hours ago, scottyseng said:

I wanted to buy one for homelabbing until I saw the price tags. haha

 

Even Fortigate would cost a fair bit for 500Mb/s

If you are looking for 500Mb/s without UTM even the low end models can do that.

[scottyseng]

Just now, Acedia said:

If you are looking for 500Mb/s without UTM even the low end models can do that.

I'm not sure how many features OP will be using, so I just assumed worst case scenario. haha