It's not load balancing, but Cisco Pix515 with a separate failover will handle everything else. We use Cisco LocalDirector's behind the firewall for sticky load balancing. If space isn't an issue, you can pick up some older LocalDirectors very inexpensively (~$100-$300), or you can spend a couple thousand or so on the new ones that are 1U instead of 3. I wouldn't skimp on the firewall, though. Pix 515 with failover license and separate failover box and maintenance can run close to $10k.
Darin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:03 AM Subject: [IMail Forum] OT: Need a Recommendation on a Really Good Firewall We've been running a name-brand firewall for a while now. Over the last couple of weeks, we've seen a loss of traffic, people having difficulty connecting, etc. Traffic doesn't seem much higher, we've rebooted the heck out of it, routers, etc.... We are upgrading our network (moving to a new facility) so it's probably a good time to upgrade anyway. I'm looking for something that can: 1. Be redundant (run 2 firewalls for failover) 2. Full port controls, monitor active connections, etc. 3. VPN 4. Automatic DOS detection and blocking 5. Load balancing between firewalls 6. Internal load balancer functionality (if available) (ie. balance traffic between 3 web servers) Price isn't the biggest factor; something solid, reliable and bullet-proof if the focus. Please don't recommend X app on a linux box. Not to start a religious war, but we don't do any Linux, not interested in learning it, etc. Plug and play, baby. Thanks To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
