Hi folks, I am learning firewall stuff. Please bear with me Our company presently uses only a Cisco router 2524 to do packet filtering connected to the Internet (external network)) and our pproduction and development servers (internal network) on the other end. Have been told to install Raptor 6.5 with VPN. Now I need some basic clarifications regarding physical connections of the 2 NIC cards on the firewall hardware. Present layout Internet------>router------>switch--------other servers Proposed Layout Interne-->router--->firewall(first NIC)/Second NIC -----switch -----other servers Basically want to find out if routerer gets connected to one of the NIC cards. DO I use RJ45 or some special crossover cable. And can the other NIC go to the switch which has my other servers connected or should it be connected to a hub seperate from other servers. I am geting a little confused with this whole thing and was asked to check if my switch supports segmentation. Another thing I need help on is to understand if I can let my router do NAT or does Firewalleed to do NAT.Any inputs on pros and cons will be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much Preethi - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
