Smoothwall SWG Reviews & Product Details

Safeguarding auto alert feature and website portal for staff to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Product does not support remote working for learners or tutors i.e it doesn not tracker and block websites remotely. Depending on the config we are using it either does not allow the end user to connect to a public wifi or it blocks the end user from being able to upload files to any website.

Support department are not responsive, and after 6 months of it not working we are getting ask to advise what problems do we have? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Smoothwall is a very powerful product that has many powerful features, such as web filter/proxy, caching, guest access, VPN, Malware detection and much more, the product is very good at helping to protect users and prevent mis-use of internet access, groups and people can be matched to AD stucture or internal groups, features include firewall, IPS/IDS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The menu and web admin layout is complex and messy and can take time to find the stuff you are after, there can be delays when adding new firewall settings, approval / blocking of websites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that you dont have to manage a URl whitelist/blacklist, this tool analyses and catagorizes in realtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is possible to bypass using a basic VPN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Worked well for us. Robust filtering option for schools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Requires heavy handed management to pepper and test. Ran into sites that had to be continuously whitelisted to have access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.