> -----Original Message----- > From: David Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ideally your Internet router is a great External Beacon. If > you lose it > then you have more trouble than the firewall failing. > > If you have a manageable switch you could use it for a beacon > combined with > the other firewall. I am assuming you have nothing on the > EXTERNAL side of > your firewall besides the router. Correct; I didn't make it clear that this in a colo facility, so all there is between my pair of GB's and the ISP's edge router is a dumb hub (not even a switch; there's no other reason for it here). I know that ideally, for a true HA setup, each GB should go to a different router (or at least interface) within the ISP, but for this setup, that's not possible without mucho $$$. Similarly, the ISP isn't particularly co-operative about changing their router filters; to be fair, were I in there shoes, I probably wouldn't be either. So, assuming I don't want to be pinging somewhere "public" (eg Google or Yahoo), how should I best proceed, such that HA doesn't shutdown a good interface when the other one in the pair goes bad? -- Phil Dye, Technical Services Manager A L C H E M Y D I G I T A L Tel: +44 (0)23 8021 3400 http://www.alchemydigital.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://archives.gnatbox.com/gb-users/
