Senex

I'm looking into getting a hardware firewall, and wish to know if anyone here has wired broadband DSL router (having NAT & SPI), that can handle both XP PRO SP 2 and Linux dual-boot OS that you can recommend? If so, please advise brand/model number, so I can research it. Thanks!

Liqourice

Any router can handle any OS.. unless you mean what os is running inside the router?

Takaharu

As Liqourice said - routers will work with any OS. To configure a router, you open up the router's webpage.
Why a hardware firewall? They're pretty hardcore but fairly restrictive; generally they will allow you to block/allow ports and/or IP addresses but not a lot else. Software firewalls are better for home use because they allow you to make application-specific rules as well as give you notifications for anything trying to access your PC out of the ordinary (say, for example, a new PC has been added to your network, the software firewall will prompt you to allow or deny its access. A hardware firewall will not).

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Liqourice

If you really want a fully configurable hardware firewall I'd suggest building your own. You don't need much of a powerful computer to do that, only needs a really simple CPU, not that much memory and it can run from a floppy so you won't even need a harddrive. Just two nic's for passthrough and then just a switch behind it for your network. There are plenty of options with different linux-derivatives for the software and you'll be able to configure it to a much greater extent than a router with built-in firewall.

Judas

a wired router of my choice is the Xincom routers..... utterly amazing quality and overall better uptime then cisco's routers i've used....

The user interface is top of the line imo..

but they aren't cheap...

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jaydeee

most router these days are having firewall I think that will do it.

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