Keith Mitchell wrote: > I hate to do this as it is certainly outside the direct parameters of a > Shorewall question, but my brain is pretzeled. > > I have an office network connected to the internet and a branch office > network also connected to the internet. > > I have an ipsec vpn tunnel setup and running between the two offices, and > they are on two private subnets: > > Office A Office B > 192.168.1.0/24 10.254.0.0/24 > > So far so good. > > Now for the fun. I have a private fiber link between the offices I would > like to dedicate to VOIP traffic. The fiber link is essentially stateless > (it's a switched fiber circuit), so I can configure it bridge or routed as I > please. Each end of the fiber circuit simply presents as a normal CAT-5 > connection which I can plug into a router or NIC. > > What I'd like to do is keep the existing VPN connection for DATA and add the > new fiber circuit dedicated to VOIP between the offices. > > The place I'm stuck is architecturally. I'm trying to determine the best > methodology to route both links between the two offices, one link for VOIP, > and one link for DATA. > > Assuming I can concentrate both links on a single shorewall box on each end, > would the multi-isp setup work in this situation? > > Since you wish to use this link just for voip and nothing else why don't you plug it in on your voip server.
On the other hand if your plans might change ( for instance your internet link goes down and you wish to use voip link for data also ) that is another story. Decide how you wish to "employ" the fiber link to make the most out of it and come again. In your shoes I would prefer to have vpn - data ( if private no need to have vpn ) and voip over the private fiber. Cheers Harry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
