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Windows router software

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Title basically says all. Prevoiusly I was going to get a Dlink DIR-655 to get gigabit however some salvaging around got me a decently speced pc in a matx case (PD805, 1G etc). Add a $25 gift cerfiticate I got from Best Buy which I used towards a gigabit switch I thought I might as well save some $$ (Im not paying fot the electricity anyway lol) and keep my old router which will now be used as an access point (not enough WAN -> LAN throughput). Looking for features like QoS and port forwarding. I am not sure how well Windows built in ICS work. I want the computers on the network to be as if they were directly connected to the internet while having all the ports hidden from outside (basically all that a router does). I have and can use any version of Windows (MSDN through college). No Linux advice please since I run some Windows only program. Thanks, any tips will be greatly appreciated.
 
You can use ICS. I really, really, really, really, wouldn't recommend it though.

You'd almost be better off making a virtual machine of pfSense or m0n0wall and placing that on the windows box and doing the routing through the VM than using windows.
 
Kerio Winroute is actually some really slick software. Statefull packet inspection, VPN server functionality, port forwarding, QoS, real-time malware scanning, fully functional firewall, URL filtering, content filtering, if desired you can put login requirements in place to access the internet, DNS and DHCP fucntionality, user/group stats and controls, connection/packet logging, ....the list goes on and on.

I actually use it at work as an internal router/firewall. For home use, I can't imagine anything better (short of learning how to use Linux and all the goodies that come with it).

As far as pricing goes, I think I paid 500USD for a 50 client license.
 
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