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The Best Low Cost 10GE Router

And yes, shockingly it is also a firewall...


**#Fortinet's FortiGate FG-200F**

Dollar-for-dollar, you can't find a better 10GE router for the cost than Fortinet's 200F base firewall. Feature packed out of the box with no additional licensing. But if you want to beef it up down the road with full security and Next Gen features, add on the licensing and you are good to go within minutes.


Email: Sales@alucidsolutions.com to get a quote on any of theses solutions.

Recently we needed to do an evaluation for a client that is looking at building a new MPLS network across 5 locations. They had 3 basic requirements:

  1. 10 Ge connectivity

  2. Minimum 2Gbps throughput and expandable with full BGP routing

  3. Lowest cost

We evaluated the usual dominant partners - #Cisco, #Juniper, and #HPE #Aruba. We narrowed in on these specific models that met the above criteria:

Cisco's - Catalyst C8300

Juniper's - ACX2200

HPE Aruba's - EC-M-H

One of our team members had the bright idea of considering some firewalls we recently deployed for another project, knowing we had the 10Ge connectivity requirement there as well. And what would you know, Fortinet came in at half the cost of any of the other solution.

Check out more about this specific firewall: Select - 'Mid-Range (Campus) firewalls'


Get the Data Sheet Here to see if this meets your needs:


No clients are identical, but this may be a great option for you if you have similar requirements.


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