IMO, the PIX is not a router and does not perform any routing or load balancing that I am aware of. -----Original Message----- From: Yonkerbonk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 10:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Off Topic: Load Balancing Through a PIX What with the talk going on about load balancing between two PIXs, it has gotten me curious about another scenario. [RouterA] [RouterB] | | ---------- | [PIX] | [RouterC] In this scenario, I have two routers connecting to the Internet, a PIX behind it, and one router (router C) behind the PIX. I have two default routes on RouterC pointing to the other two, so that it would try to load balance between them, and then I have two static routes pointing to the PIX for recursive lookup of the default route next hops. My question is, RouterC would try to load balancing to the other two routers, but when the packet gets to the PIX, does the PIX make its own routing decision from that point? In which case, whatever routes I had on RouterC wouldn't matter and load balancing wouldn't work. My assumption is yes. The PIX is basically a router and not a switch. So the only way I can see this working is to tunnel through the PIX (security hole) or put another router in front of it to load balance. Any thoughts? Michael __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.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]
