Problematic network for home user

[vladik007]

Hi ,
I'll try to be quick with facts , 1. I HATE NETGEAR

with that out of the way , here's what i'm trying to accomplish . I have 3 PCs at home at the moment.. (4th is comming ).

My DSL connection is WorldCom 1.5/768 with 5 STATIC IPs.

Right now it's set up like this ..... Internet --->DSL modem(Cisco678)->3Com 4-PortHUB->Netgear Mr814(1Static IP) ->Server PC
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................->Wireless Laptop
..............................................................................................................................................................->My computer(1Static IP)
..

What i'd LIKE to do is ........Internet----->DSL modem(Cisco678)-> (ADD_HERE_WHAT_I_M_LOOKING_FOR)->Server PC(1Static IP)
....................................................................................................................................................................................................->My Computer(1Static IP)
....................................................................................................................................................................................................->Laptop (i dont care about ext. IP or internal)

(ADD_HERE_WHAT_I_M_LOOKING_FOR) , must have hardware firewall so i dont have to run software on all 3 computers , AND RELIABLE. I cant stand when i have to reset something every couple of days. Of course i'd preffer Cisco product , but prices must be reasonable .

Is anything like i just described even possible ?

Thanks for your time !

 

[Cheetah8799]

If you want a good firewall, you could use an old Pentium system and install a couple extra network cards and SmoothWall or IPCop or a similar Linux firewall distro.