Firewall Suggestions

[flyingmunky25]

Hi All,
I just had to reinstall windows and now im looking at new firewall alternatives.

I have used a variety of firewalls but I have never really been satisfied with any...
I've had zonealarm, norton, sygate, kaspersky, black ice and a few odd ball ones.

Sygate is the only one i have semi-preferred over the others. I was wondering if anyone had any input on which firewalls they use/would recommend to me/others.

As far as an anti-virus goes, i've found one i have no problems with. Symantec corp. edition.

also, i have a server running here with win 2k3 datacenter, is there a simple way ie: some software to install that i can have a network firewall for all my computers (4 total computers)

thanks!

if needed the computers are running XP home, XP Pro, Vista Ultimate and 2k3 datacenter.

[Feather]

try comodo its full featured and free. takes a little to get use to it but if you read all the info on it you should be fine.

http://www.comodo.com/

[zpman]

I concur with Feather. Comodo is very nice.

[rainbowdemon]

I like Comodo too!!

[gost]

comodo never worked here..
i use zonealarm free.

[carpefile]

I use a NAT router. There's your network firewall, and it doesn't care at all what os you got running.

[Andrew110]

And it doesn't bog down your system.

[mailrachit]

kaspersky internet security (KIS) thats the best if u have a very good system as it needs better resources

[Feather]

I have a router and use comodo and dont have any bogging down problems. also run peerguardian.

[w31n3r]

I use a NAT router. There's your network firewall, and it doesn't care at all what os you got running.

And it doesn't bog down your system.

there's your answer right there. software firewalls are crap anyway IMO, and if you're running a server, you want to cut off anything that eats up resources, no matter how small the footprint.

[jv0]

Also, a firewall is only as good as it's configured. I also use my router as my firewall.