Re: Best firewall applience

[Stephen Mullins <steve.mullins.work () gmail com>]

Smoothwall, PFsense, Untangle, etc. are free for home use and give you
the flexibility to choose your own hardware.  They are also generally
SME quality and far more than you need for a home network.

Beyond that, most routers these days are in fact combination
router/firewall appliances.  I can't imagine you would need anything
more than a small Netgear network "appliance" for your home network.
But, if you don't feel like getting your hands dirty with the *nix
homebrew route, you can go that way.

http://www.smoothwall.org/

http://www.pfsense.org/

http://www.untangle.com/

Steve Mullins

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:24 AM,  <Paul.Simons () thomsonreuters com> wrote:
> Hello List
>
> It is about time for me to renew my subscription for my home firewall
> appliance.
>
> I am currently allowed to use 5 'nodes' accessing the internet at the
> same time and I have a URL filtering subscription along with the usual
> software/hardware support.
> With Father Christmas being particularly fond of devices that require an
> IP address (iPods - Xboxes - etc) I need to upgrade from 5 to 25 nodes.
>
> In total I am going to have to pay around 900 US dollars!!!
>
> What are my alternatives?
>
> I have looked at Sonicwall, Sofaware, etc.
> Any recommendations? other solutions to keep my home network and kids
> safe?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul
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