Can five ASA 5505 handle a 5-site fully meshed 3DES VPN?

thomasdzubin · ‎07-10-2007

I have five sites that need to be fully meshed ... 3DES VPN tunnels between all of them running no more than 1.5Mbps

Is the lowest-end of the ASA line, the ASA 5505 a good fit for something like this? Will each have the CPU "horsepower" to do four 3DES VPN tunnels to the other sites? I was originally thinking PIX 506, but they seem to be very limited and their firmware is not getting updated.

timkaye · ‎07-10-2007

Looking at the data sheet for the 5505, one would suggest yes.

Doesn't give much room for growth in terms of adding tunnels or high connection counts.

I guess i'd be looking at the type of traffic and connection count more specifically.

Overall I'd suggest the 5505 would do.