FortiGate-60B Adds More Power and 3G HSDPA/EV-DO Connectivity

After Fortinet officially announced FortiGate-50B and FortiWiFi-50B most of the people were waiting for FG-60 replacement. It is not on the Fortinet's Web-Site yet, but some sites are already showing information regarding upcoming FortiGate-60B and FortiWiFi-60B.

According to non-confirmed information FortiGate-60B provides following advantages over older FG-60:

• More Ports: 6-port switch on Internal interface instead of 4. Also 2xWAN and DMZ ports as on FG-60.
• More Power: Significantly increased CPU/ASIC power: FW Performance 100Mbps, 3DES VPN Performance 64Mbps, AV Performance 20Mbps.
• More Memory: FG-60B have 256MB RAM, you can forget about 80% memory usage right after start-up.
• More Connectivity: FG-60B comes with built-in analog modem (previously available only on separate model FG-60M) and PCMCIA open slot for 3G UMTS/HSDPA/EV-DO card (card is not included). There is no detailed information available on cards/operators supported. FortiWiFi-60B comes with 802.11 a/b/g Access Point built-in.

To summarize: Fortinet delivers a new SOHO/Branch Office device that brings together all UTM Functionality (Firewall, IPSec & SSL VPN, IDS/IDP, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam) plus gives you 2 WAN connections for regular Internet connections, analog and/or 3G backup connection and WiFi.

FortiGate-60B have the same size and looks as older FortiGate-60.

On 17.07.2007 Fortinet posted an official FortiOS 3.0 MR5 Build 559 for FortiGate-60B and FortiWiFi-60B on their support site.