Instead, I’ll just check out how well the security gateway integrates within the Cloud management platform alongside the multi-Gigabit Ethernet switch XS1930-12HP and the WiFi 6 WAX650S. That being said, I have already had a look at the Zyxel USG Flex 100, so I’m not going to focus at all on the design or the internal hardware, nor will I go in-depth with the non-Cloud user interface. It’s worth mentioning that the FLEX series had its own well-established ecosystem and it doesn’t offer only a complete set of security options, the USG FLEX 100 could also manage wireless access points (although, it had no built-in PoE, so you had to rely on an additional Ethernet switch). So, the possibility to integrate the USG Flex 100 into the Cloud platform bridges this gap between the ‘traditional’ management features and the Cloud-only-suitable abilities (such as the possibility to monitor a huge amount of devices and configure them by site). This includes the NSG50, a device that I tested a couple of years ago and it offered a myriad of security options (such as IDP, Anti-virus services, Content Filtering, Application Patrol and more), but it was essentially only Cloud-managed. The Zyxel Flex 100 and the entire USG Flex series have been well regarded as reliable security firewall solutions, but even though Zyxel has been actively developing its Cloud management platform, the USG series has been left out of the Cloud servers and, if you wanted a security-focused gateway, you had to rely on the NSG series.

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