Question for Exa Network customers

[snagrat]

I need to provide pricing to a MAT who use Schools Broadband, SWGfL and Exa across their academies.

 

The solution needs to create an IPSEC VPN to Azure. I know it is possible via SB and SWGfL, but just wondering what equipment or firewall solution Exa customers generally get? Is it firewall that you have access to?

[mavhc]

16 IPs on EdgeRouter Pro, forwarded to whatever firewall you want, they suggest Fortigate, so I bought some of those and configured it myself. They'll do it for you for a price if you wish. A setting on the router forwards web traffic to their proxy, I assume.

[round2it]

we got a storm shield firewall, and use surfprotect for filtering. no issues with firewall provides captiv portal.

[snagrat]

So by the sounds of it each customer is expected to supply their own router? There isn’t a standard one that Exa supply?

[mavhc]

Exa supply the router, but it's a real router, not what home users call a router. It routes 16 IPs to one port on it for incoming traffic, and anything you send it out to the internet. Doesn't do NAT or filtering etc etc

[snagrat]

Exa supply the router, but it's a real router, not what home users call a router. It routes 16 IPs to one port on it for incoming traffic, and anything you send it out to the internet. Doesn't do NAT or filtering etc etc

 

Ok.

 

And then the customer provides their own firewall solution?

[mavhc]

Yes, the recommended a fortigate, they'd provide and configure it for a price, I did it myself instead. This is al assuming we're talking fiber leased lines, not DSL

[snagrat]

Yes, the recommended a fortigate, they'd provide and configure it for a price, I did it myself instead. This is al assuming we're talking fiber leased lines, not DSL

 

Line type isn’t confirmed. So you think there is a different solution for DSL?

[localzuk]

FTTC lines come with Draytek routers

[snagrat]

FTTC lines come with Draytek routers

 

Do you know which model range?

[localzuk]

Off the top of my head I think the ones we had were the Vigor2862, though it might've been the Vigor2832. I'll be able to confirm tomorrow.

[howartp]

We got a Ubiquiti router 1 month ago.

 

6 ports, 1 for LAN, 1 for Backup ADSL if you buy it, 1 for fibre outbound.

 

Filtering is a separate but included product that can be turned off if preferred.

 

Will Check Model Monday.

[howartp]

We got a Ubiquiti router 1 month ago.

 

6 ports, 1 for LAN, 1 for Backup ADSL if you buy it, 1 for fibre outbound.

 

Filtering is a separate but included product that can be turned off if preferred.

 

Will Check Model Monday.

 

https://www.ui.com/edgemax/edgerouter-pro/

 

EdgeRouter Pro-8