hi,

For failover you need a second/backup link. Moreover - you can configure
Encryption on FW on FRelay.

Regards
Rajveer

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> Moussa
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> Subject:      [FW-1] To VPN or not to VPN - that is the question...
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> Dear All,
>
> Here goes:
>
> Scenario: Two Gateways, managed by same mgmt station. Connected via
> frame relay, therefore traffic traversing in the clear. The gateways are
> also connected to the internet.
>
> Requirement: Should the frame relay link go down, traffic should
> traverse over the internet via a VPN tunnel. This has to be done
> automatically without any changes during the failover.
>
> Question: How is that possible or is it even possible? I can configure
> dynamic routing and route the traffic through the internet interface,
> but how can I have the rulebase configured to understand when to send it
> in clear text and when encrypt it? The communication will always be
> between the encryption domains i.e. encryption will try to take place
> every time with simplified VPN. I cannot have a VPN up on the frame
> relay since there already are other VPN tunnels configured on the
> internet interface with other sites and as you all know, you can have as
> many tunnels as you want as long as you use only one interface at a time
> :)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Girard Moussa
>
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