On 7/15/05, alan walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> We have a present firewall that we want to redunently backup. 
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> I have reviewed some of the information but am a little confused about how
> we could deploy this. 
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> Our configureation is as follows 
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>             Primary                                        
>                     backup 
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> Wan1                wan2(opt1)                                Wan1   
> wan2(opt1) 
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> Lan       DMZ(opt2)   opt3(carp)                opt3(carp)         LAN     
> DMZ(opt2) 
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> Would switches be placed in front of wan1 and wan2 and then linked to
> primary and backup firewalls? 

http://www.pfsense.com/tutorials/carp/carp_cluster.htm goes over this
in detail (with pictures!)
 
> Can I sync the entire system across this?? 

Can you provide failover services?  Yes.  Take a look at
http://www.pfsense.com/tutorials/carp/carp_cluster.htm

> Would the hardware need to be identical 
No.   I use a Nexcom appliance currently as my primary firewall and a
soekris 4501 as a backup.  Works great.

> Any thoughts on how this configuration would best be deployed. 
http://www.pfsense.com/tutorials/carp/carp_cluster.htm has the low down.

Scott

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