Thanks folks
Now I see, Unless cisco have a New version that support the failover working
only with the fastethernet link, there's no cable as long as I need to make
this possible.
Thanks for all your ideas.
----- Original Message -----
From: Allen May
To:
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: PIX's statefull failover, but in diferent locations [7:
[7:35135]
> Seems to me it would slow down the PIX big time if the failover link were
> slow. I have no idea what speed it runs. It's run from the 10/100 port
but
> with the pinouts I have no idea what it requires. If there are tons of
> translations going on then to remain stateful it must send all of that
info
> to the other PIX in real-time.
>
> Although I do see the practicality in having this feature & would love to
> see it. Failover spanning more than one site is the only true failover to
> survive fires or some other isolated natural disaster.
>
> Which raises another question though....could this data be sniffed for
> anything of value if it's only info to keep it stateful? Anybody know
> what's in that data stream exactly?
>
> Allen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Ramsey"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:50 PM
> Subject: Re: PIX's statefull failover, but in diferent locations [7:
> [7:35130]
>
>
> > well...earlier in the list it had been said that cisco was implementing
> this
> > into their newer code... (so failover was across ethernet instead of
> > failover goign through serial) I'm not sure if it has been implemented
as
> a
> > solid feature or if it is still in beta... (if it even exists)
> >
> > the problem is that the two firewalls use the serial connection to xfer
> > config data and a separate failover link to monitor uptime
(ethernet)....
> > so...the answer is this:
> >
> > If you are runnign the latest a 'greatest' from cisco and they have
indeed
> > implemented complete ethernet failover, then go check out their TAC and
> see
> > if it is capable of going across the wan.... otherwise, the answer is no
> > because the serial cable is only a few feet in length... :)
> >
> > NOW... it has been theorized that you could use a term server for this
> > connection (and run the conenction across the WAN) but never been
> tested..
> > :)
> >
> > Patrick Ramsey
> > Sr. Network Engineer
> > WellStar Health Systems
> > 770.956.6338
> >
> > >>> "Allen May" 02/11/02 02:04PM >>>
> > It's not a straight through RJ45 cable running between the 2 so I doubt
a
> > repeater would work for that. What are you trying to accomplish? Is it
> > anything a couple of routers could handle with the PIX's running behind
> > them?
> >
> > Allen
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Francisco Quiroz Collazo"
> > To:
> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:07 PM
> > Subject: PIX's statefull failover, but in diferent locations [7:35112]
> >
> >
> > > Have ever any of you configure a statefull failover between two pix's
> > > separated by a wan. I mean, it is possible this configuration if those
> > pix4s
> > > are in different facilities, 20 Km between them?
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Francisco Quiroz
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