However, Sophos XG runs an instance of Snort for each core (to include hyper threading) your CPU has, so for my 2 core with hyper threading enabled Core i5, it’s running four instances of Snort. Overall, Cisco Secure Firewall offers amazing features, which make it one of the best firewall devices on the market. SonicWall is the best firewall device in the market when it comes to a network security solution. Buy CUJO AI Smart Internet Security from Amazon. My understanding is the limitation is because Snort is not multi threaded so it’s limited to single core performance for a single connection. Based on online reviews, CUJO is the best firewall for home network security. At my previous home, I had a 1GB plan and with IDS/IPS enabled, it dropped from 960 Mbps to 300 Mbps. You will find a lot of great videos on YouTube to learn how to use pfSense as it’s the most popular choice but I personally think Sophos XG has a more user friendly UI.įor reference, I’m running Sophos XG home on a Qotom Q335G4 (Core i5-5250U, 4GB RAM) with IDS/IPS (Sophos XG uses Snort), web filtering and application filtering all enabled and still able to achieve 300Mbps which is the max speed (down) of my ISP. All of them are great solutions and have learning curves. I originally started off using pfSense then moved over to OPNsense but finally settled on Sophos XG.

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