Cisco ASA5505-SEC-BUN-K9 ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Router Appliance

I've bought three of these things so far, two as firewalls for our Internet connections at work and one at home to replace a succession of apparently disposable Linksys routers.This is the $1000 version that we use for the work firewalls, but the $400 entry level version is what I have at home and I love having the same enterprise-class security and monitoring features at home that we have at work.The 5505 in its various license levels is the entry to the Cisco ASA family of security appliances. It runs the same software as the high end models that cost thousands of tens of thousands of dollars. It's a very versatile system that gives you a lot of flexibility as a firewall, and a point-to-point IPSec tunnel, as well as a remote access VPN server.You can get a Cisco service contract that covers hardware replacement and offers software updates on an annual subscription basis for a reasonable cost. Unfortunately this is something you can't buy through Amazon but will have to find a Cisco reseller to purchase it from. I highly recommend getting the support contract for each device just so you can get the software updates which are fairly frequent.It's a lot more money for an ASA 5505 than for a cheap router, and you need to be prepared to deal with the much more complicated configuration options (but it's nothing the average computer enthusiast will have much problem with), but I've been MUCH happier with these things so far.

I moved to Linux based Open Source network devices. They are faster, more versatile, and easier/cheaper to update.

Works perfectly. This thing is built to last, it doesn't even have a off-switch! Solid performance. However, a few annoying things: ASDM (GUI manager if you don't want to configure it via CLI) is a bit tricky to get working on newer Macs (running e.g Yosemite), as you have to downgrade to a compatible Java version. This device is old, but it works flawlessly. Recommend!

Was skeptical at first since this very item is listed on CDW for over $1,100 (unlimited users, Sec. Plus license). ASA will need to be upgraded - mine shipped with 6.2. If you plan on configuring the device with the ASDM you'll need the 32 bit version of Java 6 installed. Otherwise, solid as Cisco gets.

Overall product was fine but it was not a US power cord and so I had to track down a US power cord. Just an added pain.

You just can't go wrong with a Cisco ASA of any model, they are hands down one of the best you can buy if you know how to use them.Only complaint is that it's not gigabit speeds, 10/100 ports are quite a bit behind the times now.

I’m very pleased with this product, it has preformed beyond my expectations.

What can i say. Its an ASAFirmware was way off and it took a while to get everything updated but for the price i cant complain

Le produit est bon mais la version logiciel n'est pas à jour, donc il le firewall n'est pas opérationnel immédiatement !!!!

Wir sind sehr zufrieden mit der ASA. Ist zwar schwer zu konfigurieren, aber wenn man es geschaftt hat, dafür klappt alles bestens. und man kann wirklich sehr variabel alles auf seine Wünsche einstellen.