Expert Advice for the "Rook"

["Larry Krauss" <larry () krauss com>]

I am looking to isolate a home network from the Internet and am looking for some basic advise. 

I have 2 network cards in a server and am expecting to connect my cable modem to one and my internal network to 
another.  I know there are some "personal firewalls" but I have no idea how good they are. I also understand that Black 
Ice is a fairly, easy to configure, somewhat secure, inexpensive solution for the home. I don't know if it willl do 
NAT? I would need this capability for the 2 card scenerio, correct? Static, Dynamic?  If Black Ice doesn't have the 
capability, is it necessary? If necessary would you suggest a reasonably priced firewall?

Thanks. Larry.