SOHO Security Question

[dball63]

I have little Router and Firewall for small office experience and was hoping someone may be able to tell me if most small offices get by with just a router or do most also use a hardware firewall too?
The office I'm working for has a small NetGear DSL router and I'm pretty sure it can be configured to filter packets but I'm not sure if its full featured enough for todays needs?

David Ball CNE, MCSE

 

[Grenage]

Well generally yes, a firewall is so important.

NAT and a good list of rules are what you want to aim for. The rules we use here allow nothing in and only the essential services out.