At 12/5/00 06:38 PM, Bernice wrote:

>What can you tell me about hardware firewalls?  I have a security software
>program called Lockdown 2000, but hate that it takes up 8% of my
>resources.  My resources seem to dwindle too quickly as it is without that
>drain on them.  How much do firewalls cost?  How hard are they to set up
>for a very novice user?

So far I've not seen any of the responses answer your question about
*hardware* firewalls. If you have DSL or cable connection to the internet,
I would recommend D-Link's DI-701 for a single computer or DI-704 for a
network.  For details see:

http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di701/
and
http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di704/

Others are made by Linksys (BEFSR41 is one model number) that I know little
about but do the same functions.  Read more at:

http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=20&grid=5

Both of these have built in firewalls and the instructions are fairly easy
to follow.

The range of Internet prices are between $90 to $150, depending on the
number of PC's to connect to the internet.  I belive that the single PC
version of D-Link lists for $99.

For a dialup connection, haven't seen a hardware firewall
solution.  Usually dialup computers are not as much a security problem if
the ISP has dynamically assigned IP addresses which is the norm these days.

Hope this helps.

Doug

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