Device/Firewall for SOHO in AD 2003 Env

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Background:

We have three servers with its own web contents available on the Internet.
Our servers are not behing ANY firewall and would liekt o place behind
firewall (I only want to expose the necessary services to the outside
world - nothing more). Each server is Windows 2003 Std. and one is a DC.

(1) I have three servers internally that has its own public IP.

(2) I want a firewall device to block everything except the web sites
(other services) I have on each one. I want o publish any service (FTP,
RDP, etc) and punch a hole in the firewall device and port forwad to correct
internal IP.

Question:
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What device for the SOHO (cheap), that will allow me to forward traffic from
each PUBLIC IP (only 3 servers to forward to) to the correct Internal
Server? Basically, I want a device that will function a simple firewall,
and also port forwards traffic of public IP to the appropriate internal IP /
server.

Hope this makes sense...please let me know what you think - thanks.
 
At the cheap end, any $40 cable router will do what you are asking. Their
firewall function is usually just a port blocker - nothing too advanced and
they will only support 1 external IP. They will publish your internal
Servers. The security is pretty good but their are no intrusion detection
mechanisms.

When I was shopping for a commercial product last week, I found the
"Symantec Hardware Firewall Routers" to offer the best prices - starting
under $400.
 
Because of the pricing, take a look at the Symantec product - to see how far
up the product chain you have to go to support 5 IP's
 
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