RE: PIX Questions [7:65806]
The pix does have limited routing functionality. It can route packets but it's not it's primary purpose. It's primary purpose is however NAT / PAT / stateful inspection etc... With that said it can perform NAT/PAT in realtime, much faster than a router which has a multitude of functions to perform, whereas the pix is more focused on specific functions. Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guruprasad Sanjeevi Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 11:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PIX Questions [7:65806] Hi group, I have a few questions 1. Is PIX a Router? 2. How different is a PIX and Router in handling NAT & PAT? For the 2nd question is I have a pix and 5 valid ips (range) for my internal network to access the internet. It allows only 3 machines at any time to Access the internet I added a global command and all machines are able to access the internet. Can anyone throw some light on how PIX handles PAT and how different it is from a router Handling PAT? Anticipating a reply Regards Guruprasad Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65970&t=65806 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PIX Questions [7:65806]
""Ben W"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The PIX is not a router, however it does have a routing table and can > participate in a limited fashion in certain routing protocols, like RIP. I'm afraid I have to disagree. The Pix is a router. Basically, any device that will forward packets between different subnets is a router. > > To answer your 2nd question, there is no functional difference between the > IOS and PIX doing nat/pat. Its just a difference in configuration really. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65891&t=65806 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PIX Questions [7:65806]
And for IOS nat'ing you can use policy routing to determine egress interface and thus NAT pool, which determines source address of outgoing traffic, which can be useful in controlling inbound traffic flow. YMMV But, this can be very useful when you are trying to do network gymnastics or inflict pain on a support team. ""Robert Perez"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Newer versions of the PIX OS have more routing protocol support such as > OSPF. Vs. 6.3 > > -Original Message- > From: Ben W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: PIX Questions [7:65806] > > > The PIX is not a router, however it does have a routing table and can > participate in a limited fashion in certain routing protocols, like RIP. > > To answer your 2nd question, there is no functional difference between the > IOS and PIX doing nat/pat. Its just a difference in configuration really. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65890&t=65806 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: PIX Questions [7:65806]
Newer versions of the PIX OS have more routing protocol support such as OSPF. Vs. 6.3 -Original Message- From: Ben W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PIX Questions [7:65806] The PIX is not a router, however it does have a routing table and can participate in a limited fashion in certain routing protocols, like RIP. To answer your 2nd question, there is no functional difference between the IOS and PIX doing nat/pat. Its just a difference in configuration really. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65874&t=65806 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: PIX Questions [7:65806]
The PIX is not a router, however it does have a routing table and can participate in a limited fashion in certain routing protocols, like RIP. To answer your 2nd question, there is no functional difference between the IOS and PIX doing nat/pat. Its just a difference in configuration really. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65867&t=65806 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]