Choosing a good firewall/router

[antisgamo]

Hello everyone,
I'm building my new network at home like the schema here:

All cabels are CAT6 and all switches are Gigabit.

I searched a good appliance with good throughput for my network, but I've seen that no one has a firewall throughput near the gigabit.

My doubt is that the router/firewall can slowdown the signal transmission.
I'll use lots of fullHD video and big dimensions file from NAS to desktop or AVR and Co.

I was looking something like the Zyxel USG50 / USG100, because I'll use also the VPN network to connect to/from other places and equipment.

Can someone help me making the good choice?

The budget is relatively high, about 300/400€ for router/firewall.

Thanks!

 

[stevech]

Zyxel is good.
I think the question is do you need VPN? If not, then a consumer rather than SOHO grade router will do.

Or you can choose a non-WiFi router and get better quality hardware/firmware, and rely on APs for WiFi.

 

[antisgamo]

I'll use VPN that's why I'm looking for the USG 50 or 100.
I don't need an all-in-one firewall with wireless, because I'm planning to buy the Zyxel NWA1121-NI as I posted in the other section.

My doubt is about the product. Is it good for that price, or may I have to consider other brands like watchguard, astaro, juniper, level one and so on?

I can pay some money as I wrote before, but I'd like to choose a good product, with performance and resistance.

 

[thiggins]

The router firewall only needs to be fast enough to support your ISP bandwidth. LAN data does not flow through the firewall, only the switch, which will be wire-speed.

 

[antisgamo]

Ok, but this is true only if I connect everything to the switch.
If I'd like to make a LAN for PCs and a separated LAN for NASs then the throughput become important!

Does anyone know watchguard or above just to compare zyxel?

thanks!

 

[coxhaus]

You might want to consider using a layer3 switch to divide your PCs and NAS units using vlans so the switch can route the traffic inside and not load your router down.