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Posted by BobS on October 12, 2007, 10:02 am
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> Can someone advise me. What are some recommended models of hardware
> firewall? Here are some details.
>
> I'm in the UK and am running WinXP Pro/SP2 on a home-office PC. The PC
> connects directly to a cable modem (Virgin Media) and then to the
> Internet. I don't share my connection with anyone else. Printer and
> scanner are attached direct to the PC via USB.
>
> I use a software firewall by Sygate and am told that I am much better
> protected by a hardware firewall.
>
> I may (30% to 40% chance) attach a second PC later. later on I might
> (about 15% to 20% chance) attach visiting laptops via wireless.
>
> Am reasonably technical but not very familiar with data comms and
> security. I wouldn't want to learn a lot about this just to run the
> hardware firewall so something fairly straighforward to set up, to use,
> and to update is good.
>
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>
> What sort of hardware firewall should I get?
>
> What recommended models? I'm on quite a tight budget and anything over
> £100 is definitely out! Ideally I would spend a lot less than that.
>
> On the otherhand I don't want something so cheap that which has too few
> controls and features and can't configured later on if it gets necessary
> .
John,
I'm running a LinkSys wireless router (WRT54GS) in my office which lists for
around $79USD that should work nicely for you. It will be your gateway to
the internet, allows for both wired (4 ports) and wireless.
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1148435315453&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=1545339789B02
or
http://tinyurl.com/ysvcaq
There certainly other manufactures that also use NAT as the firewall with
the premise being, if they can't see you, they won't bother you. The router
has a number of other options to help keep the bad guy's from gaining
access. The WRT54GS has been around for awhile. I have a version 2 model
while they are now at version 7. I have installed these at a clients site
and although we had one router fail (thermal issue), no other problems and
they have been rock solid.
Bob S.
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