Thought that I would put my 2 cents worth....

I am familiar with Checkpoint, as well as the intrusion appliance firewalls.

I have never set up from scratch a Checkpoint firewall, although I do administrer the rules, and if you are expecting a large ruleset, it can be difficult to locate specific rules. The logs are excellent for troubleshooting. I believe that CP NG does have a lot more features than it previous version.

The appliance firewalls are quite easy to set up, and are for about 50 or so users with a T1 connection.

I have heard that Sonic firewalls do not have remote administration, is that true?