Hi All,<br><br>I&#39;m considering setting up a firewall/router in a virtual machine to seperate a couple networks in my home. I intend to dedicate one of the host NICs to the WAN port of the router VM &amp; will not load a TCP stack for that NIC in the host OS (ESXi supports this config). In theory, this configuration is as secure as a hardware router because packets can only be routed via the VM. <br>

<br>My questions are:<br>
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Have any of you had any good/bad experiences with this type of setup &amp; are there potential security risks I&#39;m not considering? <br><br>Also, if you think
this is not as secure as a hardware based solution, please explain why not. <br><br>I&#39;m not doing it to save money. I am aware that I could do the same thing with a consumer router. I&#39;m just interested in the possibility.<br>

<br clear="all">Thanks,<br>-- <br>Kelly