Our metro circuit is several t1's bundled together and then connected by 1 Ethernet cat6 to the rest of the network. You should be able to insert the firewall there.
Thanks Rick Quilhot On Feb 9, 2016 2:16 PM, "Art DeKneef" <[email protected]> wrote: > It’s been 10 years since I had anything to do with configuring any kind of > WAN technology. So my knowledge is limited to some degree but I feel I’m > being fed some …umm, misinformation. I have done some reading but still > would like another opinion. > > > > Brief history. I was asked to install a wired network to several rooms to > monitor the room’s condition from a tablet in the room and the central > monitoring computer. Also needed was remote access as the building is 3 > hours away. No one was able to answer my questions as to what was there or > how it was configured. So I talked with the manager of the facility and > told him we needed an external static IP address. We contacted the ISP and > they would set it up. What I got was a DSL modem that’s supposed to have a > static address. Except that it never works. > > > > I’ve been there 3 times after they said it was setup and tested. Their > idea of testing is plugging in the modem and using the default DHCP > settings to verify an Internet connection. They never test that the actual > static address works. The modem is configured for bridge mode and goes into > a Check Point 640 firewall. Errors are the firewall never connects, error > message of PPPoE server not found or can’t find gateway. Even tried a > laptop configured with the static IP and no connection. > > > > Found out Friday this client has a Metro Ethernet circuit, supposedly 30 > meg. The manager was complaining of the slow speeds they were getting over > wireless when they were supposed to have this big pipe and great speed. > Turns out the metro circuit is split between the internal camera/security > system and a couple of Aruba wireless access points. I asked why we > couldn’t connect the firewall to the metro circuit instead of the wireless > access points. I was told it would take 2 months to change the > configuration. > > > > Shouldn’t we be able to have part of that metro circuit go into the > firewall and then connect the wireless devices to the firewall. I would > think a couple of days to schedule and make the change would be enough. > Their tech support hasn’t been of any help. Spent 4 hours on the phone with > them Friday and got nowhere. >
