Eric, The PIX by itself cannot do any of the features you are asking about below. You can throw in a Cisco router though to get those features. For the load balancing, you will need Server Load Balancing (SLB), which is supported on the 3631, 3725, 7100 and 7200 series routers.
HTH, Larry Roberts CCIE #7886 (R&S / Security) ----- Original Message ----- From: "eric nguyen" To: Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:38 PM Subject: OT: migration from CheckPoint to PIX firewall > My company is looking to migrate from CheckPoint over to Pix Firewall in the next > > couple of months and I have been assigned to this project. I have questions about > > Pix firewalls. We are a small company, less than 50 people. > > a) Does pix firewall support QOS, traffic shaping or traffic prioritization? The > > checkpoint firewall we are using has a feature called "flood-gate" that can > > prioritize both inbound and outbound traffic. We would like to have this feature > > in Pix firewall as well. > > b) Does pix support http load balancing? Checkpoint has a feature that > > supports http load-balancing for inbound traffic. We need this feature to load > > balance our web servers. I would like to have this feature in pix as well. We > > don't have the budget for dedicated load-balancer such as Cisco CSS. Open > > freeware is out of the question, will not fly pass management. > > Can pix do those things above without additional hardware? > > Regards, > > Eric > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58968&t=58968 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
