Hardware Firewall vs. Software Firewall

leSLIe

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i have a ZyXel 600 router that has a built-in firewall, and i recently installed Endian Firewall, the router firewall is currently off, the question is which one is better? soft or hardware ? should i put the two online? and if so would that impact in the speed of download?
 
Most "hardware" firewalls are simply a crappy x86 running linux, which is what you are running now. Endian on even a pentium 2 will smoke just about any consumer level router/firewall out there.
 
Technically both of those are hardware firewalls. A software firewall is a program you install on an individual computer (Eg. Zonealarm or Sygate Personal Firewall). I would definately use the Endian box for your routing and firewall needs.
 
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