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home » products » Firewalls - Overview SmoothWall Software Appliance firewalls convert a standard server or PC into a dedicated hardware security appliance complete with Security Hardened Operating System. Software components can be downloaded immediately, which enables you to get your firewall/UTM device up and running in less than an hour.   Advanced Firewall » Corporate Firewall » School Guardian » Express 3 » Recommended for Medium & Large Networks Small-Medium Networks Schools & Colleges Small Networks not requiring commercial Support Network Interfaces Max 20 (4 included) 3 4 4 Perimeter Firewall Yes Yes Yes Yes Internal Firewall Yes No No No Intrusion Prevention (IPS) Yes Yes Yes No Hardware Failover Option No No No Load balancer (multiple Internet connections) Yes No No No VPN SSL, L2TP & IPSec SSL, L2TP & IPSec SSL, L2TP & IPSec IPSec VPN Tunnels Max 1000 (20 included) Max 100 (1 included) Max 100 (1 included) Unlimited Active Directory®, eDirectory™ LDAP User Authentication Yes No Yes No Multiple Public IP Addresses Yes Optional module: SmoothHost Optional module: SmoothHost Not standard VLAN Trunking (802.1Q) Yes No Yes No Egress Filtering Yes Yes Yes No Reporting & Monitoring Yes Yes Yes No Guardian Web Filter Optional module: SmoothGuardian Optional module: SmoothGuardian SmoothGuardian Inc. 20 users, Max 1000 users Not Available* Email Security and Anti-Virus Optional module: SmoothZap Optional module: SmoothZap Optional module: SmoothZap Not Available* Anti-Spam (Mailshell) Option Option Option Not Available QoS / Bandwidth Management Optional module: SmoothTraffic Optional module: SmoothTraffic Optional module: SmoothTraffic Not Available If you want a complete hardware and software solution then see our range of UTM appliances. Click here for a detailed comparison of our commercial firewall products and SmoothWall Express. *Add-on components for web filtering and email security are not available with the standard build of Express. However, SmoothWall is aware that members of our Open Source community have successfully integrated other open source solutions with Express (such as DansGuardian, & Clam AV). For more information, please visit the SmoothWall Express Forum.