Just got my Sun Ray 2 to replace my Cisco 831 We got an incredible offer to trade our Cisco 831s in for Sun Ray 2s at no cost to our departments. I did this and I've got to say that connecting these boxes up through our VPN is just simple. The combination of Sun Ray 1(G) to Cisco 831 to Linksys to internet was kludgey. Whenever you had a tech call in, the troubleshooting was basically, power everything off and back on in a certain order. It didn't matter what your problem was, that was the answer.
Well, the new Sun Ray 2 just connects to my Linksys (I bet in a pinch it could go out directly to the internet) and then I have to authenticate who I am. During the log on process, there is a lot of visual feedback - at times it might go to fast, but you get the feeling that things are proceeding. You aren't stuck with a spinning hour glass and wondering if the only thing running is the hour glass animation code.
The box has a nice form factor, it makes me wonder if I can use it like a Linksys NSLU2. Hmm, I wonder if I could boot it from a USB stick? :-> Anyway, it looks quiet and gives off a vibe that it doesn't consume that much power - very green.
I also have to wonder if it is hardcoded in the firmware to go to the Sun Microsystem's VPN boxes or if I could get it to go to a local Sun Ray server? I know I can certainly buy a Sun Ray 2 in that configuration.
All points to ponder....
