Pat, You can use a seperate hub or switch outside the PIX, or if the switch on the inside has a lot of available ports you could make another VLAN on it and have the new VLAN active on three ports; one for the ISP and one for each switch. Dave Swink > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > pat > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 1:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PIX in parallel with another appliance box > > > Hello, > > My PIX is sitting directly on the internet. The > cat5 connection from ISP is connected to external > (ethernet) inerface of PIX. The inside(ethernet) > interface is conneted to switch. From this switch > internal network is connected. I have another Firewall > appliance with 2 ethernet inerface which needs to be > connected in parallel to PIX. Can anybody give some > hints as how these connections are to made? I am > thinking just to connect ISP connection to an ordinary > hub & from there take two connections to outside > interface for both firewall. Connect inside interface > of both firewall to same switch. Is this right way of > doing it? My only concern is can both outside > interface of firewall be connected on on same hub? In > fact External IPs for both & default gateway fall in > same subnet. OR is there a requirement of any kind of > a router or switch? > > Both firewalls need to be in parallel. One can't sit > behind other OR can't be in DMZ of other. > > Thanks a lot for any advices....... > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > _________________________________ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
