And for IOS nat'ing you can use policy routing to determine egress interface and thus NAT pool, which determines source address of outgoing traffic, which can be useful in controlling inbound traffic flow. YMMV But, this can be very useful when you are trying to do network gymnastics or inflict pain on a support team.
""Robert Perez"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Newer versions of the PIX OS have more routing protocol support such as > OSPF. Vs. 6.3 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: PIX Questions [7:65806] > > > The PIX is not a router, however it does have a routing table and can > participate in a limited fashion in certain routing protocols, like RIP. > > To answer your 2nd question, there is no functional difference between the > IOS and PIX doing nat/pat. Its just a difference in configuration really. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65890&t=65806 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

