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Bruce Boardman
Extremely reliable; freeing up a lot of our IP space
It has freed up a lot of our IP space and has been extremely reliable. We have set it up in a high availability scenario, testing it many times. It... Read more →
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  • "The cost to buy it initially was a single purchase price. This was a cost for the hardware and software, but we got a year of service with it. Annually, we pay them a service fee, but it's not much money."
  • "The FlexPool consumption-based licensing model has the ability to spin up VMs as needed for NAT, as well as their ADC, which is their load balancing stuff. We are considering that, as that is a pretty attractive feature."

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    A10 Networks
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    Overview

    Extend IPv4 Connectivity
    Solve IPv4 address exhaustion and extend the life of an IPv4 network infrastructure with carrier-grade NAT to ensure critical applications and services are always available and reliable.

    Manage IPv6 Migration
    Enable a smooth transition to IPv6 by supporting translation and tunneling between IPv4 and IPv6 networks.

    Reduce TCO
    High performance in a compact form factor results in lower OPEX and CAPEX through efficient rack space usage, lower power consumption and reduced cooling requirements.

    BIG-IP CGNAT helps you manage your network in a variety of ways.

    Translation and tunneling
    Deploy NAT44, NAT64, XLAT464, DS-Lite, Mapping of Address and Port (MAP), and more.

    Interoperability
    Enable any service to run on any blade.

    Security
    Combine it with BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) to protect your network against threats that enter via the most widely deployed protocols.

    Visibility
    Gain comprehensive connection monitoring across your network.

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    Leucom Group
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Construction Company8%
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    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise33%
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    A10 Networks Thunder CGN is ranked 1st in Carrier Grade Network Address Translation while BIG-IP Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) (EOL) doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Carrier Grade Network Address Translation. A10 Networks Thunder CGN is rated 9.0, while BIG-IP Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) (EOL) is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of A10 Networks Thunder CGN writes "Extremely reliable; freeing up a lot of our IP space". On the other hand, A10 Networks Thunder CGN is most compared with Junos Address Aware and Fortinet FortiCarrier, whereas BIG-IP Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) (EOL) is most compared with .

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