NV Firewall any good?

[dredd2929]

I'm using NV Firewall, which came with my ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe. Is this a good firewall to use? If not, any suggestions for an alternative? My OS is Win XP SP2.

Thanks,
J. J.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Yes, it is good. It is built into the chipset and probably uses the least CPU cycles of any firewall short of a hardware one that sits between you and the cable modem.

 

[boomerang]

Has something changed regarding it? I thought I had heard it was plagued with problems. I've not installed it on the last three systems I've built because of bad things I thought I had read about it.

Maybe I'm thinking of something else?

Not arguing here, just asking.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: boomerang
Has something changed regarding it? I thought I had heard it was plagued with problems. I've not installed it on the last three systems I've built because of bad things I thought I had read about it.

Maybe I'm thinking of something else?

Not arguing here, just asking.

I have been using the one that came with the latest nforce4 drivers on my nforce3 without problems.

 

[boomerang]

I'll have to install it, next nforce system I build. Maybe my memory is just failing me.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Many people have had very bad experiences with it, including myself.

 

[boomerang]

Please elaborate.

 

[spaceghost21]

Originally posted by: boomerang
Please elaborate.

Yes, I'd like to know too.

 

[spaceghost21]

So would I be ok running just the NV Firewall?

 

[JBT]

When I ran it on my previous Epox NF3 board and my newer DFI NF3 board. I had much worse latency and horrible throughput. I just use the NAT on my WRT54G it does a pretty good job at port filtering/forwarding IMO.