Should I switch from Zonealarm to a hardware firewall

[AlastairSC]

We recently got always-on bb. Up to now I've had ZA installed on everything but now we tend to leave the machines on casually, unattended for periods - and of course always connected.

Should we be thinking about a hardware firewall sitting between the router and our machines? Some glitches with ZA requiring it to be disabled to log on to the first site of the day, then re-enabling it (subsequent page changes seem to be fine) is prompting me to worry about the potential risk of continuing with this....

Advice appreciated...

 

[ClubMan]

Most broadband routers have some sort of firewall built in. No harm in enabling this and also running ZA - especially on laptops that might be connected to other networks from time to time. Having to disable and reenable ZA to log onto a website sounds wrong and merits investigation to understand what the issue is.

 

[aircobra19]

I run both a software and hardware firewall.

 

[AlastairSC]

I run both a software and hardware firewall.

How interesting - what hardware? Connected at what point in your setup?


Clubman, lowering the security rating one notch to High has fixed the "trouble with first page" problem.

 

[aircobra19]

Modem >> WiFi Router/Firewall (Netgear) >> PC's & Laptops (ZoneAlarm)