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RE: [FW1] Two Internet links in one FW1 box



The HA module is for HA between FW modules, not between network links.  

You will need to get an unlimited license (unless you are planning on doing
this after you install NG which I hear supports two external interfaces) as
a first step.  You can get LB with a variety of dedicated boxes by Alteon,
Foundry, BigIP, etc or you could get redundancy by contracting your ISPs to
do BGP routing.  You could get LB and redundancy by going with both
solutions.  

In both cases though your FW module would be a single point of failure if
you only have one.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 09.18
To: [email protected]
Subject: [FW1] Two Internet links in one FW1 box




Trying to figure out something.  I want to install a second Internet Link
with a different ISP, in order to have redundancy and improve throughput
(load balance is not a primary concern, but would be very welcome).  What
should be my concerns regarding FW1 4.1 configuration?

- Do I _have to_ install the high availabilty module?  Or is it possible to
configure my FW1 and Solaris to give me some kind of link redundancy?
- If anyone does it, how complicated will get the rulebase, if  want to
send the traffic from a few services (eg SMTP, POP) exclusively through one
of the links and the rest to the other?  Is it possible?
- Is this a stupid idea?  =))

Thanks in advance for any help,

Geraldo Fonseca
Icatu-Hartford Seguros S.A.
[email protected]



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