Re: simple stand-alone firewall
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:17:50 +0000
Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
> Russell L. Harris <rlharris@broadcaster.org> wrote:
> > From the standpoint of protection of a LAN (two or three machines)
> > for a home or home office, how effective is a firmware-based
> > firewall/router in comparison with a software-based stand-alone
> > firewall/router? Is either significantly better than the other?
>
> Firmware based will probably be on a lower-powered device - and therefore
> more energy friendly. You should be able to get one that is sufficiently
> sophisticated to handle pretty much all your SoHo needs.
You can get the best of both worlds with an OpenWrt installation on a
firmware based device: full blown linux, fully customizable - you can
install any linux based firewall software you want - but with the same
low power consumption and small physical footprint of firmware based
units.
What you may lose out on, though, is ease of use: the flashing and
configuration can take some getting used to.
Celejar
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