Firewalls & Switches Invest in a Firewall to protect company resources against a multitude of threats and to enable secured communications between multiple locations.

Firewalls

A firewall is a network security device. A firewall works as a barrier between trusted sources and untrusted sources. Traffic allowed to pass the firewall is determined by a firewall policy. A firewall can be categorized as either network or host-based. A network-based firewall runs on dedicated hardware created to protect your network. Host-based firewalls use the host computer to control traffic on that specific machine rather than the entire network. We provide Next Generation Unified Security Gateways as your network-based security solution with other host-based security products. If you would like more information on firewalls, please visit our FAQ page.

Switches

If your business relies heavily on data, a managed system is crucial. There are two types of network switches: unmanaged or managed. An unmanaged switch is a network device that can only be used to connect parts of a local area network (LAN), ie a PC and printer. A managed switch has additional features such as assigning priority to delay-sensitive data like real-time voice traffic, configuring virtual LANs for isolating traffic and port mirroring which is a must-have to help diagnose network problems. We sell industry-leading products and more to help meet your needs.