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Thanks John for your quick reply. Do these routers have a command prompt similar to the Cisco 2610 or are they 100% GUI?
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Thanks John for your quick reply. Do these routers have a command prompt similar to the Cisco 2610 or are they 100% GUI?

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The Cisco RV042G has a nice GUI browser managed interface. I have use command line for Juniper and I really find GUI better because of the large number of variables for VPN and firewalls.
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The Cisco RV042G has a nice GUI browser managed interface. I have use command line for Juniper and I really find GUI better because of the large number of variables for VPN and firewalls.

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@techin4 - Thank you and I was happy to help.
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@techin4 - Thank you and I was happy to help.

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I am learning Networking and I'm debating if I should be setting up my home network with a Cisco Router and Firewall instead of using a all in one Linksys one? Do you think would be safe since I would be practicing? If not, what would be the best practice? Any help would be appreciated, Thanks...
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Hi,

I am learning Networking and I'm debating if I should be setting up my home network with a Cisco Router and Firewall instead of using a all in one Linksys one? Do you think would be safe since I would be practicing? If not, what would be the best practice? Any help would be appreciated, Thanks...

Should I use a Cisco Router and Firewall instead of a home router?

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.

Hardware Firewalls

Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise (business) installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment locations. Wireless telecommunications networks are generally implemented and administered using radio communication. This implementation takes place at the physical level (layer) of the OSI model network structure. The key hardware components of a wireless computer network include adapters, routers and access points, antennas and repeaters.