I'm looking into alternative options for getting a small remote site (3-5 employees) on a permanent VPN connection to our main location.
We currently have no hardware at the remote site. Our MSP is pushing (what I consider to be) an expensive Dell SonicWall NSA 2600 solution and my job is to convince the brass that we can accomplish the same thing for a boatload cheaper.
Our main site (~60 users) uses SonicWall NSA 2600 as the security gateway and Sophos products at our larger overseas offices (~30 users). These offices are connected to main using IPSec.
The VPN needs of the branch are very minimal - they've been running with software VPN connections for the past 2 years or so with no problems (each person connecting once or twice a week).
However, their lack of permanent VPN makes it hard to administer their PCs or get them to use internal websites such as our git repo or wiki.
So would the Netgate SG-1000 be sufficient? Or should I push slightly beefier SG-3100 / SG-4860?
Note that are our MSP is not fully managing our IT infrastructure. They're moreso just doing helpdesk type things. I am the de-facto onsite IT/DBA/DevOps/Software guy.
Edited for grammar.
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