Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler what to get for a new Firewall for home

My old Netgear has bitten the dust. It has decided it doesn't want to play nice any more so I had to resort to turning my ISP provided modem/router back to the router/firewall setting.

I know that I need something better but don't know what yet. I looked at getting something with a mesh wifi network, but then I don't know if that is going to give me a propper firewall to protect me from the baddies out there.

Another option is that I was given a retired IP350 Nokia Checkpoint device. This is a good 13 years old but it was a pretty powerful industreal firewall in its day. I am sure it would be far overkill for a home use, but I bet that it would keep anyone out that is trying to get into my home network.

Or am I just over thinking it and pick up the next consumer router/firewall that comes on sale at bestbuy and call it a day.