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 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=59008&t=58968 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]