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Just
wanted to say I went fot option 2, using a linksys router. I have had no
problems with it.
Tried
the linux firewall, but a combination of low power, size, reliability
(hardware
rather than software) & easy admin (web based) swung
me.
The
low end ones of these are probably less versatile than the linux ones, but
are
pretty sound & fine for SOHO use.
You
wouldn't one protecting your enterpirse, which is whe they are around £100
&
Chekpoint 1 satrts around £3K.
A.
Paul,
Your
options are:
- A multi machine firewall with different OS'es and differentf
irewall software on each machine
-
A
hardware router/firewall that plugs into your net connection at one end and
your lan at the other (a lot of these are also 4/8 port switches too - eg
draytek, smc)
-
A
PC (even a $15 486) running IPCop or similar with 2 network cards in it -
one
to connect to the net, the other to your lan.
-
A
PC which runs firewall software AND stores your MP3's on it. (Controversial
-d
epends on how valuable your data is)
Of
these, probably the $15 solution is the one many would recommend, though I
am
happy with the hardware router/firewall solution. It means no big
noisy
box in the corner drinking loads of electricity and (with the draytek
offerings for example) you can have VPN functionality built in, independent
of
the OSes running on your PC's
HTH,
Tony
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