Hardware firewall for home, which is better?

Question

firewall

Hello! I want to buy some kind of hardware firewall, for home experiments, with its subsequent use for its intended purpose, again at home. There are several in mind: D-Link DFL-800, ZyXEL ZyWALL 5, CISCO PIX 501. What would you advise about this? What other options are there?

If you choose between dfl and zywall, then which one is better to choose? A turbocard also goes to zywall (there is a connector for it on the back) to activate anti-virus protection, if you use it, will it be possible to check with modern anti-virus signature databases or only those that were released at the time this card / device was created?

Answer 1

I would recommend Mikrotik. IMHO the best SOHO solution. What in small offices, what users have at home, what at home, once set up and it will work until the end of time. The widest functionality for a hardware solution at a ridiculous price for such functionality and performance.
PS Regarding ciseks, I can't say anything objective, but earlier I was forced to interact abundantly with longs and zuksels. And if I have a choice between the first two and Mikrotik, I will not hesitate for a second.