Firewall and IPS implementation issue

[sujitkr7cisco]

I want to implement Firewall and IPS in my network can you you provide me what is the difference between these two and what is the best practice for that

[Collin Clark]

Firewall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall

IPS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusion-prevention_system

Hope that helps.