Advantages, disadvantages of the use of 3rd party firewall vs WIndows firewall?

At the suggestion of PA Bear, I open this thread to learn about firewalls.

I have a Dell Latitude D600 with XP Pro SP3. I use ZoneAlarms free firewall. It seems however, ZA conflicted with my WiFi USB NetGear adapter and threw me the network after about an hour (in one place, totally crashing the machine to a blue screen). At the suggestion of the PA Pooh, I unloaded ZA and activated Windows Firewall - no more conflict.

But I'm missing a couple of other functions, I had with ZA: - visual indication on the taskbar of traffic flow - permit/deny internet access to specific programs - completely locking all internet activity

So is a decent firewall program that offers good firewall protection AND these conflicts of WITHOUT Extras?

Or:

Why should I stay with Windows Firewall and not look elsewhere for additional features?

Ed

Hey, Joel. Thanks for the reply.

I liked the alerts because there seems to be a lot of things happening in the background that I had never heard. I enjoyed being able to see what was going on and kill him. "what do you say every time I open a file that you want to connect to the internet?"

The other part is that I use my laptop and more in environments where I don't have an internet connection I do in coffee shops where I have WiFi. I didn't want the constant slowdown of who-knows-what-and-how-many programs to make repeated calls for a connection.

Router? Everything I do is turn on my computer and plug my USB adapter and connect. (There's a guy at Starbucks, almost every day that comes out of three laptops and one buncha other things - it's his corner office!) I don't know what I'd do with a router - it's just me and my laptop and Starbucks (or elsewhere).

Ed

Hi Ed:

If you use your laptop frequently on the public networks, a third-party firewall is maybe a good option. I detect not just since your original post. You should look at the link below for a list of the popular options. Comodo, however, would be my choice if I had to use a.

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-firewall.htm

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