Re: SonicWall firewall question
From: Someone (please@nospam.net)Date: 03/26/02
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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:08:40 +0100 From: Someone <please@nospam.net>
Derek Nash wrote:
> "Someone" <please@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>>Hi,
>>
>>I am interested in those SonicWall firewalls, but I am asking myself
>>some questions. I will be hosting a few internet servers and would like
>>to protect them using a SonicWall product. But I have no clue how to do
>>that in practice, I mean, do I need to segment my public network space
>>(which is already small 8 ip addresses) ??
>>
>
> No, you can run the firewall in a transparent mode (bridging mode), but you
> do need to have one IP to actually assign to the SonicWall so you can manage
> it.
>
>
>>Or does it do some sort of
>>bridging, which will not use any IP addresses ?
>>
>>
>
> Yes, see above.
>
>
>>Thanks for answering
>>Regards
>>
>>
>
> With all that being said you want to make sure you know your requirements.
> The SonicWall devices are not the most high performance on the market and I
> know from real world experience that a SonicWall Pro with a fairly complex
> rule set won't handle any more then about 6300 concurrent connections, so
> just be aware and do your research. For Webserver infrastructure I like
> Cisco's Products on the low end and NetScreen on the high end.
>
>
>
So which Cisco would you suggest ? Btw: do they also do transparent
bridging ?
Regards
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