2 Questions: I want do some major subnetting on our network to help secure it better.
Currently, everything is routed by a Catalyst 5500 series with 3 trays of Fiber for our internal network. I also want to put some machines on with a Free IDS like snort to monitor packets. Q1: Any recommedations for a good commerical router that is easy to manage, does stateful packet filtering, and is not over $3000 ? ( If funding is regected, I think I will be looking at the Linux router project. I just would rather get a simplier to setup/manage commerical box. ) Q2: What type of machine would I need to run Snort to monitor all incoming and outgoing packets (RAM, CPU, HardDrive Size, Network Card ?) Currently, we have 6 T1 coming into 1 Cisco 7500 Series VXR. Ted