Router Can Replace Firewall S/W ?

[aviwil]

I have an ASUS A7V with Athlon 1Ghz , 128 MB Memory , ATX Midi case 300 W and 4 yrs old ,Win '98 SE , and 750kbps ADSL line with a cheap router and cheap NIC .
If I enable firewall protection on the router , does this mean I need no firewall software ( Zone Alarm , Sygate etc. ) on the PC ? Are some routers better than others in this respect ?
Thanks .

 

[dphantom]

It's important just to have a firewall, hardware or software. Must be properly configured in either case of course. Linksys is pretty good router, Watchguard SOHO for dedicated hardware firewall good too.

 

[Tazanator]

there's a widfe range here from linksys to cisco and Imagestream. Depends on what you want to spend, I got an imagestream rebel for $2K but it will expand to OC3 if SBC ever gets commited to fiber to the home, I'm ready! (yeah overkill but fun)

 

[JackMDS]

You need both, and AntiVirus, and one AntiSpy program.

Why?

Link to: Basic Protection for Broadband Internet Installation.

Link to: Internet infestation -Or, how you are getting Internet "Junk" in and compromise your Computer/Network?

Link to: Basic Steps in cleaning Internet "Junk".

:sun:

P.S. And I am Not the paranoid type.

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
You need both, and AntiVirus, and one AntiSpy program.

Why?

Link to: Basic Protection for Broadband Internet Installation.

Link to: Internet infestation -Or, how you are getting Internet "Junk" in and compromise your Computer/Network?

Link to: Basic Steps in cleaning Internet "Junk".

:sun:

P.S. And I am Not the paranoid type.

:thumbsup:

 

[Rottie]

on my desktop, I enabled firewall/nat on the router and also installed zonealarm pro suite v5..my rig is very safe from you guys 🙂