Re: Opinions regarding Packeteer Packetshaper & alternatives

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

You can manually update the 4500. We have an 8500 and a 4500, and both are
operating at version 7.01.g1. It's still doing what we need it to do.

Where did you get your pricing for the Netenforcer? Our indications were it was
rather more than our Packetshapers.

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Paul Younker wrote:
> We had a Packetshaper 4500 series running on our network for a little
> more than 12 months. We didn't use it any longer than that because
> Packeteer designated the product as end-of-life and discontinued the
> software updates for the product. Without the software (and protocol
> identification) updates, the product's usefulness is severely limited.
> Our only option with Packeteer was to spend an additional significant
> amount of money to upgrade to a 6500 unit a little over a year after
> buying the 4500 unit.
>
> We are now in the process of evaluating a demo (new) NetEnforcer. Based
> upon the information we have received, it appears unlikely that Allot
> will arbitrarily discontinue updates for the products they sell. Our
> very initial impressions of the NetEnforcer are that it is superior to
> the Packetshaper for a substantially smaller investment. I will be
> extremely reluctant to purchase any products from Packeteer in the
> future.
>
> Paul Younker
> Associate Director of Information Technology
> Greenville College
> Greenville, IL
>
> 618.664.7072
> 618.664.7172 fax
> paul.younker () greenville edu
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gaddis, Jeremy L. [mailto:jlgaddis () IVYTECH EDU]
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:44 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Opinions regarding Packeteer Packetshaper &
> alternatives
>
> Hi,
>
> I am interested in hearing opinions on Packeteer, Inc.'s PacketShaper
> product as well as any opinions of competing devices.  I am looking to
> perhaps deploy the Packeteer to shape outbound traffic and send some of
> it to the bitbucket ("net radio", P2P, etc.).
>
> Thanks,
> -j
>
> --
> Jeremy L. Gaddis     <jlgaddis () ivytech edu>
> Special Projects Manager
> Computer & Technology Services
> Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
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