Introduction

WatchGuard XTM 2 series firewall appliances are best for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments supporting up to 30,000 bi-directional concurrent sessions, and unlimited numbers of LAN IPs. These security appliances provide corporate level security at the reasonable prices. WatchGuard XTM 2 appliances are capable of performing HTTPS content inspection, application control, intrusion prevention, etc. Moreover, the wireless models of the appliances support dual band wireless networks. This means that the wireless devices that work on 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz frequencies can communicate with WatchGuard XTM 2 appliances. WatchGuard XTM 2 firewall appliances also support VoIP, and IPsec and SSL VPN connections. These security appliances allow security administrators to configure security policies through web interface, command line interface and intuitive GUI interface.

Who Should Buy?

WatchGuard XTM 2 is best for:

• Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments.
• Branch offices that require to connect to the main offices, while staying secured at the same time.

What Purposes It Serves?

WatchGuard XTM 2 series firewall appliances are a perfect solution for SOHO and branch offices because they:

• Are easy to manage, and administrators can configure the firewalls easily using intuitive GUI, command line, and web interfaces.
• Protect the network from most commonly known threats such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, spywares, etc.
• Support IPsec and SSL VPN connections for secured remote access.

Top Features and Benefits

• VPN Connections – WatchGuard XTM 2 series security appliances are capable of supporting:
• ✓ VPN Failover
• ✓ Up to 60 Mbps of VPN throughput
• ✓ Up to 40 VPN tunnels to the branch offices
• ✓ Up to 50 PPTP tunnels.
• ✓ Up to 40 Mobile VPN IPsec tunnels
• ✓ Up to 25 Mobile VPN SSL tunnels.
• Security – Since WatchGuard XTM 2 security appliances are precisely manufactured to work as dedicated hardware firewall systems, they support:
• ✓ Up to 540 Mbps firewall throughput.
• ✓ Proxy firewall
• ✓ Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
• ✓ Stateful Packet Inspection
• ✓ Up to 70 Mbps Unified Threat Management (UTM) throughput
• Voice over IP (VoIP) – WatchGuard XTM 2 series firewall appliances also support VoIP with:
• ✓ H.323
• ✓ SIP
• ✓ Session Security
• Single Sign-on (SSO) – WatchGuard XTM 2 series firewall appliances support Active Directory Single Sign-on that allows administrators to integrate the device with Windows Active Directory, which enables users to provide active directory account credentials just once to get authorized throughout the network.
• Wireless Connections – Wireless models of WatchGuard XTM 2 series security appliances support:
• ✓ Dual band wireless networks (i.e. IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n supporting 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz wireless devices).
• ✓ Guest wireless connections (to make the network available to the guest wireless devices, while keeping the network secured at the same time.)

Hardware Specifications – Hardware specifications of WatchGuard XTM 2 security appliances include:

• Up to 5 x 10/100/1000 copper interfaces
• 1 USB interface
• 1 serial interface

Paid Subscriptions

In order to enhance the security of the network, and make the WatchGuard XTM 2 series firewall appliances work even more efficiently, security administrators can purchase any or all of the following subscriptions:

• Application Control – Security administrators can purchase subscription for Application Control that allows them to monitor and control the access of web applications such as Skype, etc.
• Reputation Enabled Defense – Reputation Enabled Defense (RED) adds an additional layer of security to the network by preventing the users from accessing malicious webpages.
• WebBlocker – This subscription allows security administrators to block unwanted websites, hence restricting users from accessing inappropriate contents available on the Internet.
• Intrusion Prevention – Security administrators can purchase this subscription in order to detect and automatically prevent any intrusion attempts into the network.
• SpamBlocker – This subscription secures the network from unwanted virus oriented spam emails, hence allowing secure communication between internal and external networks.
• Gateway Antivirus – This subscription protects the network from virus attacks. When this subscription is purchased, viruses are blocked at the gateway itself.

Upgrades

• ✓ Fireware for WatchGuard XTM 2 series firewall appliances can be upgraded to Fireware XTP Pro that allows security administrators to exploit additional features of the firewall appliances such as:
• ✓ Up to 25 Mobile VPN SSL tunnels (maximum 1 supported when not upgraded)
• ✓ Up to 50 VLANs (maximum 20 supported when not upgraded)