I continue to be VERY impressed by the speed, performance, and security of the ZyXEL ZyWall USG110 as an edge firewall and security gateway.
Victoria and I have been hitting it hard with multiple 4K video streams, multiple HTTPS secure sessions, videoconferencing (Facetime, Zoom), manga/anime, 4K gaming/streaming, work, and education.
It’s consistently allowing 860-920Mbps on our gigabit fiber connection despite running five services (Intrusion Detection & Prevention [IDP], Antivirus, Antispam, Content Filters, Anomaly Protection & Protection [ADP], and Security Policies) with an IPsec VPN and SSL VPN both available to allow secure virtual private networks to our home network.
With heavy filtering and traffic inspection, I’m still seeing sustained 860-880Mbps throughput, which is about 4-6x better than what we had with Sophos UTM and the Sophos SG firewall.
It’s impressive how much junk there is out there between trackers, malware, adware, spam, and botnets scanning for open ports and known vulnerabilities. Reading the logs and seeing the graphs has been fun each day, but it’s earned my trust and I don’t think I’ll be reading them unless a CRITICAL or ERROR screams for my attention.
Even Facebook ads raise WARNINGS as Facebook attempts to track users across their site and across other sites that use Facebook for authentication, sharing, or advertising.