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Converting your old non-SonicWALL firewall configuration
SonicWALL now have a facility to help convert your old non-SonicWALL firewall configuration file so it can be imported into a SonicWALL firewall. Users of Cisco PIX/ASA, Checkpoint, Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet and Watchguard are covered by this facility.
Supported Platforms
Cisco PIX/ASA: PIX 4.x, PIX 5.x, PIX 6.x, PIX 7.x, PIX 8.x
Checkpoint: Smart Center, Provider-1 (excluding VPN-1 Edge, Safe@Office, SMP) with OS NG FP1 (4.0)
Juniper: NetScreen Series, SRX Series, SSG Series
Palo Alto: PA-200, PA-500, PA-2000, PA-3000, PA-4000, PA-5000 Series
Fortinet: FortiGate Firewall Platform
Watchguard: FireBox, XTM Series
For more details see https://www.mysonicwall.com/user/prefsconverter.aspx
Can I Import the settings from one sonicwall UTM device to another?
An often asked question, and although configuration files can be moved from appliance to appliance SonicWALL have produced a list of what is supported at https://support.software.dell.com/kb/sw6974
Combinations that are shown as not supported may still work but not all features will be restored, and in some cases you may find some corruption of objects.
NEW: Dell SonicWALL Email Security v8.2 with Cyren AV
Dell SonicWALL Email Security 8.2 includes multiple anti-virus technologies, including Dell SonicWALL Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Anti-Virus, Dell SonicWALL Time Zero, and premium anti-virus technologies, including McAfee, Kaspersky and now, Cyren Anti-Virus.
10 ways to optimize your network - securely
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Explore this helpful e-book to see how Dell SonicWALL solutions seamlessly work together to consolidate core next-gen firewall application intelligence, control and visualization, gateway protection and SSL inspection along with WAN acceleration to help you achieve those goals. Simply and reliably.
The e-book addresses data compression, protocol optimization, Windows File Share acceleration, data deduplication, application blocking and other important issues that can make a major impact on your network’s performance.
Why is a Wireless Site Survey needed?
Have a look at our guide on "Why is a wireless survey needed?"
https://www.sonicwall-sales.com/help-and-advice/why-is-a-wireless-site-survey-needed.html
If you require a wireless survey doing please contact us.
NSA 240: 1 Year CGSS renewal now available again!
SonicWALL have today re-released the 1 Year Comprehensive Gateway Security Suite (CGSS) for the NSA 240. Originally the NSA 240 was to go End of Support in 2015 but today has been extended to 29th April 2017. Buy the SKU at https://www.sonicwall-sales.com/sonicwall-comprehensive-gateway-security-suite-for-nsa-240-1-year-01-ssc-9244-.html
*** IMPORTANT NEWS *** Support extension to be announced for NSA Gen5 models
This is great news for SonicWALL customers with Gen 5 appliances like the NSA 240, NSA 2400, NSA 3500, NSA 4500 & NSA 5000. Dell SonicWALL will shortly announce that they have decided to extend the End of Support (EoS) dates for a lot of products that were originally going to start ending next year. This is to bring these older products in line with the current models that will be supported for 5 Years after manufacture is ceased.
https://support.software.dell.com/sonicwall-nsa-series/lifecycle
6.2 firmware released for the current Gen 6 UTM appliances.
For more details please refer to the release notes at http://software.sonicwall.com/Firmware/Documentation/232-002654-00_Rev_A_SonicOS_6.2.0.0_Release_Notes.pdf