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I don't disagree that a firewall has some basic routing abilities as part of the firewall design. See e.g. http://www.petri.co.il/csc_routers_switches_and_fw_%E2%80%93_Learn_how_they_are_different.htm . Rather, they are complimentary and nay be integrated into a single device. I'd differentiate between then by way of functionality, don't buy a firewall if you need a router and vice versa, unless you go for integrated devices.


I wrote a long response to this, then decided that it would bore the pants off anyone not interested in the innards of these devices \:\)

In a nutshell, the link you provided is a very good example of how to mislead people into confusing the form and function of network equipment by being too simplistic.

If you can identify a firewall appliance which does not comprise both firewall and router function I'll eat the party hat from my Christmas Cracker!

If you're interested in discussing further, PM me and we'll take it offline.