I would send all external connections through the Firewall. ^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^ Bill Carter CCIE 5022 ^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Richs Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: vendor connection [7:23360] Typically if you're a company that has may 5 to 7 vendors that you need to connect to, in terms of the WAN connetion, what is the best approach: - have these vendor WAN connections come in thru a WAN router and then have the WAN router go thru a firewall to get to your corporate LAN or - have these vendor WAN connections connected directly connected to your usual WAN router for and just use access-lists to filter things instead of a firewall. or another idea ? Thanks. Tom _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23372&t=23360 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]