Re: small hardware firewalls

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:35:40 -0500

I also like Netgear for home or small office. The ProSafe line are real SPI
firewalls. If you want something more powerful that can accommodate a lot more
firewall rules for both inbound and outbound look on Ebay for a Netscreen 5XP [I use
one at home] or SonicWall Soho3. They both can be bought for around $150. Make sure
you check out there features first as they may not have a dmz. The Netscreen 5XP does
not have a dmz but does come with ipsec vpn endpoint built in. They may not have free
firmware updates either. I find the consumer devices to be great for a basic setup
that mostly needs to block unauthorized inbound access but they are lacking in the
capability for outbound rules and more extensive logging if that matters --- Steve

"lllusion" <yeahright@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b9d1a4c52008f0f989709@news.microsoft.com...
> This post is in an Ms newsgroup because I've been using my old PII 350
> w/ win2ksvr and ISA2000. Due to various reasons I'm looking to replace
> this box with something small, lightweight, _quite_ and with low power
> absorption. I'd like to keep the purchase costs down.
>
> I'd like to get some opinions on small hardware firewalls.
> What would you recommend as a home hardware firewall and why?
> What if the device were combined with XPsp2 software firewall or
> ZoneAlarm?
>
> Note: This is for my own home network with 3 computers. Wireless
> networking and print server functionality (for the HP printer) are in
> the plans. Internet connectivity is an ethernet connection through a
> university's network.
>
> TIA!!
>
> Various products that I've found thus far are:
> *MultiTech RFRF560VPN:
> http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/Families/SOHO_VPN/
>
> *ITworks firwall appliance (w/ SmoothWall Express 2):
> http://www.itworks.com/products/smoothwall-desktop.htm
>
> *2wire 180HG: http://www.2wire.com/?p=161
>
>
> *D-Link DI-804HV: http://dlink.com/products/?pid=59
> *D-Link DI-824HV: http://dlink.com/products/?pid=274
> *D-Link DFL-300: http://dlink.com/products/?pid=66
>
> *Linksys BEFSX41:
> http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=29&prid=433
> *Linksys BEFVP41:
> http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-2-ProdID-BEFVP41.php
>
> *USR8200:
> http://www.usr-emea.com/products/p-wired-product.asp?prod=net-8200
> &loc=emea
>
> CrossPosted:
> microsoft.public.isa
> microsoft.public.isaserver
> microsoft.public.security
> microsoft.public.windows.networking.firewall
>
> --
> Howie
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> is a root cause of violence."
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> 1st Democratically Elected Chairman of the
> Tibetan Cabinet-in-Exile

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