Cisco ASA 5505 Security Plus Appliance

The Cisco ASA 5505-SEC-K9 Security Appliance provides small and medium-sized companies with gateway security and virtual private network (VPN) connectivity.

The ASA 5505 includes an 8-port Fast Ethernet switch, stateful firewall, 25 IPsec VPN peers, 2 SSL VPN peers, Triple Data Encryption Standard Virtual Private Network/Advanced Encryption Standard (3DES/AES) license, 1 expansion slot, and an unlimited user license. It delivers up to 150 Mbps of firewall throughput and 100 Mbps of VPN throughput.

This product includes the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM), a browser-based management and monitoring interface. This single solution provides comprehensive configuration and monitoring of all the services in a single application and provides wizards to guide administrators through initial and ongoing configuration tasks.

For VPN connections, Cisco Easy VPN Server and Cisco Easy VPN Remote simplify remote configuration and management.

The base appliance supports up to 25 Internet protocol security (IPsec) VPN users and includes 2 secure sockets layer (SSL) VPN user licenses for evaluation and remote management purposes. Support for up to 25 SSL VPN users can be obtained by acquiring a license upgrade pack through ADB-Solidatech. Note that the combined number of SSL and IPsec VPN users on this appliance cannot exceed 25. Other appliance upgrades can be acquired through Cisco at regular retail price after the appliance has been delivered.

Please note: The equipment shipped may be new or refurbished at Cisco's discretion.

Product service and support: Cisco will provide five years of hardware and software service and support (SMARTnet) for any product obtained through this donation program (Linksys products not included).