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Originally posted by bigdog
is the sonic firewall much better then a linksys router
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YES. everything i hear, the sonicwall products are the shiznit. probably similar to using a nice cisco firewall or something. they are purpose-built hardware, these aren't the NAT firewalls you get at circuit shitty. the cheapest i've found online for one i think was either $250 or $350. and this is for a pretty small version.
symantec also makes a hardware firewall box that i hear is pretty decent as well. and, symantec seems to know their security shit, so they would probably have a good product as well. again, you're starting in the $300's for soemthing like that.
but it's going to be a lot more secure than even something like netgear's fs318 firewall/router with stateful packet inspection and virus protection.
if you want to go secure, a high end firewall like a sonicwall, cisco or symantec are the way to go. but often times due to cost concerns, NAT firewalls for home usage are adequate. combine it with a good software firewall, and you should be reasonably safe.