al2813
Occasional Visitor
for several months now, I have been hesitating on my next move around the home router. I was pretty much decided on the Edgerouter X, when again I am having doubts. There are two key reasons:
1. I am a bit worried about too many things requiring CLI tweaking
2. I am wondering whether I should not take my home network security one step further and move to a router/Firewall/UTM (no it's not WANNACRY - this started before yesterday......)
I always thought that as far as my home network concerns, hiding your hosts behind the NAT router and protecting each of them individually was sufficient. I am starting to have second thoughts. Especially as my older son is slowly but surely becoming an active gamer with a lot of online activity. So the questions are:
- What would you recommend in light of the above. don't hesitate to propose actual products (routers, UTMs whatever). I am open to pay subscriptions if this increases security. On the other hand I am not too technical and I don't have time to spend on tweaking......
And finally. My internet connection is 200/10, but of course would like to future proof just a bit. GBE cabling inside the house.
1. I am a bit worried about too many things requiring CLI tweaking
2. I am wondering whether I should not take my home network security one step further and move to a router/Firewall/UTM (no it's not WANNACRY - this started before yesterday......)
I always thought that as far as my home network concerns, hiding your hosts behind the NAT router and protecting each of them individually was sufficient. I am starting to have second thoughts. Especially as my older son is slowly but surely becoming an active gamer with a lot of online activity. So the questions are:
- What would you recommend in light of the above. don't hesitate to propose actual products (routers, UTMs whatever). I am open to pay subscriptions if this increases security. On the other hand I am not too technical and I don't have time to spend on tweaking......
And finally. My internet connection is 200/10, but of course would like to future proof just a bit. GBE cabling inside the house.
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