2 firewalls 1 Internet connection

From: Brian (Brian_at_amphenolpcd.com)
Date: 08/29/05 

Date: 29 Aug 2005 09:55:14 -0700

I would like to do the following, and want to know if anyone out there
can identify any potential pitfalls of this configuration. (for the
record, I think this wil NOT work).

I want to use 2 different hardware firewalls over the same Internet
connection. Specifically, I want to run a PIX 506 (that has a VPN
tunnel with our Mexico operation) and I want to run a Watchguard
Firebox X50 (that runs a tunnel with our China operation) over our new
Sprint 3 meg connection. Currently, each firewall lives on it's own
separate connection.

Potential issues I see involve redirected services, like inbound
Terminal Services access, and SMTP. for example, if our router is
175.175.175.1, and the PIX is .2, and the Firebox is .3, will both
firewalls try to answer if our internal Exchange server is .4?

Thanks,
Brian

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