There are many reasons why one would use pix....first off, in the enterprise arena, yuo never want to overload any of your routers if you can keep away from it. Also consider the amount of interfaces a pix can hold vice a 26xx or 25xx....even a 36xx Not to mention that pix supports gig for intranet to intranet firewalling. Pix's are also speedier in what they do simply because they have more proccessor available to them. Routers are designed to route traffic...so firewalling is done in a 'second nature' fashion rather than first. Try using PAT on a 2600 with 10,000 users going out to the internet!
Now for the soho, I would say the advantages are minimal...(although their still are some...such as all the helpers that pixos supports (smtp,h.323,etc..) But if that is not something you need, then why bother? my $.02 -Patrick >>> "BASSOLE Rock" 11/28/01 11:01AM >>> -----Message d'origine----- De : Andrew Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyi : dimanche 18 novembre 2001 00:09 @ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : The Scoop on PIX? [7:26607] Hi all. What are some of the reasons why a person would choose a PIX solution rather than a good router with the the right IOS for security? From what I've read on Cisco's site, there does not seem to be the huge gap between using a router as a firewall solution vs. using a PIX, as some people make it sound. One last thing...for the life of me, I can't find what "PIX" stands for! Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=27600&t=26607 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
