Just wondering with the switch most of us have made, or plan to make, if anyone is using a dedicated firewall device before their tv or set top box. With cameras on a lot of capable tvs and receivers out there the chance of being hacked becomes greater. Not to mention a virus slipping through.

I've had ipfire before on a laptop before but was wondering if there was something better out now. It ran fine and plenty of features including antivirus but it didn't seem to carry bandwidth as well as it could. Could have been my usb lan I used for input but never tested it then. I used a router on the output because the wireless options were unsatisfactory so I needed the second lan connection. Wasn't a big problem because I was just monitoring and disabling connections to keep my son off the porn then- but iptv is more bandwidth demanding. That's been a few years ago, at least.

Is anyone using a better linux build on a pc/laptop that they're satisfied with? I can build a dedicated router if needed but would rather use a laptop if there's a capable option.

Would like it to carry antivirus that updates definitions, have wireless output, and have decent through speeds. Thanks