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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 58943" data-source="post: 758051">I&nbsp; haven&#039;t done much testing on Norton Core and only cursory inspection of one, but it&#039;s basically one of the newer generation home UTM-Like devices that are becoming prevalent. At some point soon, like really soon, every home router will have UTM features. It&#039;s inevitable and it&#039;s unstoppable. Gateway level protection has to be improved due to the increased threat surface of homes and the pervasive spread of IoT.Norton Core has some good parental controls, internet pausing, device auditing features that are galaxies above any basic home router. It&#039;s app is pretty good, and you have a decent pane of glass over activities on your network. It also includes a free license for Norton Security for all of your devices. Not bad there. This is a Layer 6 device so it provides intrusion protection, session and presentation awareness of packets/sessions on&nbsp; your network. That in and of itself is vastly superior to a traditional home router.My only concerns with it are - limited settings/configurability, which is common in these home UTM solutions, it helps secure them when you don&#039;t have a Web Gui. Also the dual-core ARM in it probably wouldn&#039;t do that well at higher internet speeds so be careful if you have a fast connection,&nbsp; you may see issues, also I am not 100% confident that CPU can do L6 inspection without some slowdown. (but I would need to test it) Also it has no MESH support so you&#039;ll need some AP&#039;s if Norton won&#039;t cover your whole home.Personally I like the Gryphon among the home UTM&#039;s. Mostly due to it&#039;s speedy quad core ARM, MUMIMO 4x4, Huge range. AI/ML IPS, ESET on the gateway and full Layer 7 inspection along with MESH support. But for a home not needing mesh, and not running a really high speed connection, Norton might be good for you. It&#039;s certainly going to offer protection far above normal routers in the home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 58943, post: 758051"] I haven't done much testing on Norton Core and only cursory inspection of one, but it's basically one of the newer generation home UTM-Like devices that are becoming prevalent. At some point soon, like really soon, every home router will have UTM features. It's inevitable and it's unstoppable. Gateway level protection has to be improved due to the increased threat surface of homes and the pervasive spread of IoT. Norton Core has some good parental controls, internet pausing, device auditing features that are galaxies above any basic home router. It's app is pretty good, and you have a decent pane of glass over activities on your network. It also includes a free license for Norton Security for all of your devices. Not bad there. This is a Layer 6 device so it provides intrusion protection, session and presentation awareness of packets/sessions on your network. That in and of itself is vastly superior to a traditional home router. My only concerns with it are - limited settings/configurability, which is common in these home UTM solutions, it helps secure them when you don't have a Web Gui. Also the dual-core ARM in it probably wouldn't do that well at higher internet speeds so be careful if you have a fast connection, you may see issues, also I am not 100% confident that CPU can do L6 inspection without some slowdown. (but I would need to test it) Also it has no MESH support so you'll need some AP's if Norton won't cover your whole home. Personally I like the Gryphon among the home UTM's. Mostly due to it's speedy quad core ARM, MUMIMO 4x4, Huge range. AI/ML IPS, ESET on the gateway and full Layer 7 inspection along with MESH support. But for a home not needing mesh, and not running a really high speed connection, Norton might be good for you. It's certainly going to offer protection far above normal routers in the home. [/QUOTE]

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