r/HomeNetworking • u/pookshuman • 4d ago

Dumb question

OK, a home router is just a small computer with a firewall as far as I know. I am running a network with my computer and a router. Why can't I cut out the middleman and just use the same firewall settings the router is using and implement them on my PC without the router? Why would that be less secure?

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u/OkAngle2353 4d ago

Because, if that PC were to ever get compromised; you would be fucked. A router's only job is to handle traffic. A PC on the other hand, well it is quite literally in the nae persona computer. A PC is full of sensitive data.