Juniper makes four families of routing hardware. SRX firewalls route and secure branch offices. MX routers handle the WAN edge, data centers and service-provider edge. ACX routers serve metro and access networks. PTX routers carry backbone and data-center core traffic. All of them run the same operating system, Junos. For most enterprises the choice comes […]
The Cisco Meraki MX is Meraki’s firewall: one box at each site that handles routing, firewall rules, site-to-site VPN and SD-WAN, managed from the Meraki dashboard. Content filtering, intrusion prevention and malware protection come with the Advanced Security license tier. If you’re buying: the MX67 and MX68 cover small branches, the MX75 and MX85 busier […]
A router connects your network to other networks, most importantly the internet. A wireless access point (AP) connects Wi-Fi devices to your network. The box most small offices call “the router” is usually both in one case, plus a few switch ports. That combined box works for one room. Once you have more floor space, […]