Minimal management router/firewall

[Andrei Chiffa]

I have received a request from a friend on how to best set up a VPN in order to access an office NAS while on the move. 

 

In order to avoid exposing the internal network to the external environment, I thought they would need a router/firewall that would manage VPN access and prevent the unauthorized access to the internal network. 

 

However, here's the catch - none of them are really competent in system or network administration nor do they have access to anyone that would. 

 

Hence the question: what would be the best router/firewall I could recommend them that would not require any management to stay up to date and would enable a VPN access? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Couldn't you just setup a vpn for them and leave it be? Id get something like a edgerouter here.

[acoggins]

All firewalls are going to require some level of management. Depending on the size of the company and how much they would be willing to spend, I would recommend either:

 

Sonicwall SOHO or TZ300 - does require some management and manual updates

Meraki MX64 - cloud portal for management, automatic firmware updates, easy VPN setup, but does require a monthly/yearly maintenance cost

[Andrei Chiffa]

18 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Couldn't you just setup a vpn for them and leave it be? Id get something like a edgerouter here.

Main concern is to have it auto-update to respond to threats after an initial installation - just to avoid the internal network to be compromised.