r/networking

Hi,
We are studying the replacement of our current SDWAN solution based on Forcepoint due to legacy purpose.
The study has not yet started and we would like to test different brands like:
- Fortigate
- Palo Alto
- Juniper
- Checkpoint

The environment is quite simple, dual Hub & Spoke with around ~20 sites on 2 different MPLS provider (no internet, regulatory environment), no advanced feature like url/web filtering, IDS/IPS, only L4 filtering with sdwan routing based on SLA (jitter, packet loss, …).

I think all the techno can answer this, but I would like to have your pros/cons if you’ve already worked on one of them.

Thanks!

Has anyone else gotten to their renewals this year and found out that Cisco has priced their entire business out of affordability?

I don't have exact numbers, but being told our APs need switches with a minimum 5Gb uplink, then being told each switch that is now obsolete costs nearly $10k? Not to mention per-license costs jumping from ~$70 per to over $220 per?

Again, I got the cliff notes from my very frustrated manager and network team and will need to firm up these numbers. But it was enough that we pulled an emergency meeting to say that Cisco alone is eclipsing our fragile IT budget and can no longer be afforded.

Is there any tool as described in title for enterprises? a very specific LLM could easily point out "strange" things in a large pcap