Hi
You did not indicated the reason for software Routing. Assuming that you
have a regular home Network.
Most End-User are using Wireless Routers, and regular AntiVirus software.
It is a very inexpensive way to provide very stable Internet service to
peer-to-peer network.
Actually the AV that is provided through Appliances is Not always as good as
software AV that is updated very frequently.
Reliable AV appliances are very expensive and require paid subscription as
well.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"quest" <quest@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm hoping to find soem advice and help about PC based Intenet connection
> sharing.
>
> For many years I used WinProxy. I liked the fact that it had integrated
> virus protection. WinProxy is no more. I started to look ar some remaining
> alternatives like UserGate.
>
> This made think about the value of such software comapred to MS ICS. Is
> there any added benefit (other than integrated virus checker)?
> Is there a way to add integrated virus checking to ICS?
> How sae is MAS ICS?
> How does ICS compare to a hardware router?
>
> Some first questions about using ICS:
> - why can't I define the local address? ICS demands that I'm using
> 192.....