Depends. Want to learn routing and "firewalling"? Get a dedicated firewall, but a PC with Opnsense/PFsense might be a nice alternative to a dedicated firewall box.
this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
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Where do you want the bad guy to encounter the firewall?
At the edge of your network? When they reach your PC?
Put a physical one at the edge of your network and one of your device and it'll help you relax more.