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All modern NAT routers include a firewall. They don't "act as a firewall too, via NAT", they have both NAT and firewall functionality, even for IPv4. It has bee
by tsimionescu 10mo ago
All modern NAT routers include a firewall. They don't "act as a firewall too, via NAT", they have both NAT and firewall functionality, even for IPv4. It has been like this for a long time now.
- shrx 10mo agoSure, but people still use NAT as a way to secure their internal network, so it's effectively acting as a firewall.
- throw0101c 10mo ago> All modern NAT routers include a firewall. AFAICT the ER7212PC is not a "NAT router" but just a "router". Even some switches have ACL functionality for the IP layer, but they're sold as switches and not as firewalls.