topic Difference between a router with firewall features and a hardware firewall in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/difference-between-a-router-with-firewall-features-and-a/m-p/663161#M1031498 <P>Please explain why we are going for hardware firewalls,since most routers have firewall features,IPS,IDS,stateful inspections of packets.So,what are the additional features in hardware firewall which are unique from routers</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:22:48 GMT duraimurugan 2019-03-11T09:22:48Z Difference between a router with firewall features and a hardware firewall https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/difference-between-a-router-with-firewall-features-and-a/m-p/663161#M1031498 <P>Please explain why we are going for hardware firewalls,since most routers have firewall features,IPS,IDS,stateful inspections of packets.So,what are the additional features in hardware firewall which are unique from routers</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:22:48 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/difference-between-a-router-with-firewall-features-and-a/m-p/663161#M1031498 duraimurugan 2019-03-11T09:22:48Z Re: Difference between a router with firewall features and a har https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/difference-between-a-router-with-firewall-features-and-a/m-p/663162#M1031501 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>As you know hardware firewall is a dedicated appliance which acts as as security enforcement point in your network.</P><P>The hardware resource is dedicated for that functionality.</P><P></P><P>Routers having firewall feature set also does the same job, but the hardware capability will be limited in this setup. It will not scale well.</P><P></P><P>Based on the scenario in question, the option is open for you to choose between both.</P><P></P><P>For larger deployments typically dedicated firewall appliance is the sure way to go.</P><P></P><P>-VJ</P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:00:15 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/difference-between-a-router-with-firewall-features-and-a/m-p/663162#M1031501 vijayasankar 2007-01-22T07:00:15Z