Hardware Firewall

[Twirlywoos]

What's a decent firewall to protect your home network? I understand that my AC66U has one but was just curious what advantages a dedicated one has over Windows Firewall on each PC/Server and the one built into the router?

Cheers

 

[Twirlywoos]

If by "Firewall in your router" you mean NAT, then I guess. It certainly won't have any form of IDS/IPS. Of course whether you need it or not for home use is certainly up for debate.

I doubt that I'd have a hardware firewall if it weren't mainly being used for my studies (ASA5510).

I have a firewall enabled on the Opeanreach Huwaei modem, Asus Router and then MS Firewall on my Windows PC. I would like one device to manage the entire network at home and if possible be 1U size to fit in my cabinet. Protecting my home server is important even if content is backed by RAID arrays.