Richard, I used Nokia appliances running CheckPoint in a previous life and it truly was a real router with a firewall application running on it. Very capable of many different configuration options. I purchased a 501 PIX to start playing with in the lab and a damn customer borrowed it and is now asking me questions. I thought I heard on this board that the PIX is not a router, hence my design question. I'm hoping I can get a better understanding... Thanks!!
Jeffrey Reed Classic Networking, Inc. Cell 717-805-5536 Office 717-737-8586 FAX 717-737-0290 -----Original Message----- From: Richard Tufaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PIX Design Considerations [7:48979] Why don't people get the notion that a "Firewall" is essentially a router. PIX = Firewall = Router... Firewall = Router. It ROUTES.... >>> "Jeffrey Reed" 07/16 8:19 PM >>> I?m still pretty green with PIX in general and was talking today about introducing a PIX into an existing network. The customer has a router (not controlled by them) that has three public class C subnets defined. They are not using VLANs, so the router has an interface and two sub-interfaces going into a switches network. We want to put the PIX in between the outside router and the LAN. I know this group has said several times the PIX is not a router. Do I need to have another router between the PIX and the LAN to perform routing between subnets? I assume the PIX will not facilitate routing between the internal subnets. Can you define multiple interfaces on the internal interface of the PIX if we didn?t need to route between the internal VLANs? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Jeffrey Reed Classic Networking, Inc. Cell 717-805-5536 Office 717-737-8586 FAX 717-737-0290 Confidential e-mail for addressee only. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy the original communication. 1 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=49015&t=48979 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
