important to keep in mind here, pix is a firewall, not a router. You want
a router, that'll be a separate thing.
Bri
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Larry Roberts wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
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