Dedicated & Virtual Secure Firewalls
We provide and fully support a wide range of firewall solutions to meet diverse business needs. This includes open-source firewalls such as pfSense and OPNsense, as well as dedicated enterprise firewalls like Sophos a robust, feature-rich, and highly flexible security platform.
Whether you need a cost-effective open-source platform or a fully managed, enterprise-grade dedicated firewall, we provide the expertise, configuration, and ongoing support to keep your network secure and running smoothly.
- 24/7 Support
- 99.99% Uptime
- 24/7 Monitoring
Enterprise Grade Virtual Firewall & Security Servers
Our platform is an enterprise-grade, feature-rich and highly flexible security solution designed to protect and control modern networks. In addition to essential firewall functionality, it offers advanced capabilities such as intelligent network routing, secure remote connectivity, detailed diagnostics and comprehensive reporting to give you full visibility and control.
Delivered as a single self-managed virtual appliance with full administrative control, our solution provides a 1 Gbps network interface for high-speed connectivity, private subnets and VLANs for secure, isolated network segments, support for multiple VLANs to easily create and manage virtual LANs, an intuitive web-based interface for simple configuration and management, an integrated firewall and router for unified network security and routing, built-in attack-prevention to safeguard against common cyber threats, VPN support for secure remote and site-to-site connectivity, proxy and content filtering to control and filter web traffic, comprehensive monitoring and reporting for full visibility and analytics, and resilient high-availability cloud hosting to ensure maximum reliability and uptime.
Core Features and Benefits
- Self-managed for full administrative control
- Single Virtual or Dedicated Appliance
- 1Gbps and 10Gbps Ports
- Private Subnet & VLAN
- Multiple VLAN Support
- Intuitive Web-Based Interface
- Integrated Firewall & Router
- Built-in Attack Prevention
- VPN Support
- Proxy & Content Filtering
- Comprehensive Monitoring & Reporting
- High-Availability (HA) Cloud Hosting
Our Supported Firewalls: Sophos XGS, pfSense and OPNsense
Choose from three powerful platforms we offer and support - from next-gen appliances to open-source flexibility - to secure and manage your network.
Dedicated Sophos Firewall
Sophos XGS Firewall is a next-generation, high-performance security platform that combines advanced threat protection, deep packet inspection, and hardware-accelerated networking to deliver faster, smarter, and more resilient firewalling for modern businesses. We offer and support both Sophos XGS Next-Generation Firewalls and Sophos UTM appliances.
pfSense Firewall
We offer and support pfSense firewalls - a powerful, enterprise-grade open-source security platform available as a virtual appliance or on Netgate hardware. It delivers advanced firewalling, routing and VPN connectivity, and, thanks to its open-source foundation and active community, provides exceptional flexibility, no licensing fees and a wide range of plugins and packages to extend functionality. With its intuitive web interface, robust diagnostics and ongoing development, pfSense is a cost-effective yet highly capable solution for securing and controlling modern networks.
OPNsense Firewall
Easy-to-deploy, low-cost OPNsense firewalls deliver enterprise-grade open-source security with next-generation firewalling, VPN, intrusion prevention and rich reporting. Deployable as a virtual appliance or on dedicated hardware, OPNsense offers frequent updates, a modern interface and a flexible plugin ecosystem � making it a powerful yet cost-effective way to protect and manage your network.
Comprehensive Firewall Platform
Our appliances deliver enterprise-grade security, routing, VPN, content filtering, network services and management tools � all in one easy-to-use platform.
Firewall
- Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)
- GeoIP blocking
- Anti-Spoofing
- Captive portal for guest networks
- Time-based rules & connection limits
- Inbound & outbound NAT mapping
Router
- Policy-based routing
- Concurrent IPv4 & IPv6 support
- Configurable static routes
- IPv6 prefix translation & router advertisements
- Multiple IP addresses per interface
- Integrated PPPoE server
Attack Prevention
- IDS/IPS with Snort-based packet analysis
- Layer-7 application detection & blocking
- Multiple rules, sources & categories
- Emerging threats & IP blacklist databases
- Pre-set rule profiles & per-interface tuning
- False-positive alert suppression
- Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
VPN
- IPsec, OpenVPN & WireGuard
- Site-to-site and remote access VPNs
- SSL encryption & split tunnelling
- Clients for multiple OSs & L2TP/IPsec for mobile
- Multiple tunnels & VPN failover
- NAT support & automatic/custom routing
- Local or RADIUS/LDAP authentication
Proxy & Content Filtering
- HTTP/HTTPS proxy (transparent or non-transparent)
- Domain/URL filtering & anti-virus filtering
- SafeSearch enforcement & HTTPS content screening
- Website access & usage reporting
- DNSBL (domain name blacklisting)
Network Services
- Dynamic DNS with support for multiple providers
- Integrated DHCP & DHCPv6 server with static reservations
- DNS forwarding & caching with DNSSEC validation
- Conditional / split DNS and mDNS reflection
- IPv6 support including prefix delegation & router advertisements
- Built-in NTP time server to synchronise network devices
- Multiple WAN interfaces for load balancing and failover
Configuration Management
- Web-based configuration with setup wizard
- Remote administration & customizable dashboard
- Easy backup/restore, export/import
- Encrypted automatic backup to Netgate server
- Variable admin rights & multi-language support
- Simple updates & forward-compatible configs
- Serial console access & Wake-on-LAN
User Authentication Management
- Local user & group database
- Group-based privileges & optional account expiry
- External RADIUS authentication
- Automatic lockout after repeated attempts
System Security Management
- Hardened web interface security
- CSRF & HTTP Referer enforcement
- DNS rebinding protection & HSTS
- Optional key-based SSH access
Resilience & Reliability
- Optional multi-node High Availability Clustering
- Multi-WAN load balancing & failover
- Reverse proxy & automatic connection failover
- Bandwidth throttling & traffic shaping wizard
- Bandwidth reservation & user quotas
System Reporting & Monitoring
- Dashboard with configurable widgets
- Local & remote logging
- Local monitoring graphs & real-time traffic graphs
- SNMP monitoring & hardware monitoring
- Notifications via web interface, SMTP or Growl
- Built-in network diagnostic tools
Why choose Fast2host ?
Choose Fast2host for your firewall solution and get enterprise-grade security, advanced routing, and built-in network services - all hosted on our resilient high-availability cloud and backed by 24/7 expert support. In addition, we run industry-leading Corero SmartWall TDS appliances for real-time DDoS mitigation, shielding your network from a vast range of attack methods and vectors.
Support and Access
Our expert support team and facilities are here 24/7, 365 days a year.
Fast Ticket Response
We provide our customers with fast, friendly and efficient response times.
Backed by SLA's
Uptime and Service Guarantee backed by SLA agreements.
Rocketing Speeds
Our own low latency, fast BGP MPLS network peering with over 1000 of other ISPs round the globe, with Juniper MX routers.
Alert Monitoring
Full system monitored 24/7 by our technical support staff. Eveything from latancy to diskspace, we have it covered.
Cambridge Datacenter
Being situated in Cambridge we are in the heart of Worldwide IT innovation and development, working side by side with a huge variety of cutting edge and International companies.
Let's Work Together
I'll take the time to understand your vision and goals, and work with you to develop a customized plan to help you succeed.