> -----Original Message----- > From: Heath Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:21 AM > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: [pfSense Support] Pfsense Bridge/Router 2WANs > > > What we are wanting to do is setup a bridge basically. >
Loadbalancing and/or policybasedrouting is not working for bridgemode. > We like IPCOP as a managed Firewall option, but for > redundancy reasons, have > had to add a DSL and Cable Broadband connection to our > Network. Previously > we only had a DSL connection from verizon. It has issues > more often than > not. We have added now the cable connection. > > The IPCOP setup is work very nicely as a single DSL firewall, > but obviously > we want to have load balancing or at least failover setup > between the two > broadband connections. This can't be done easily if at all on IPCOP. > > OK, that is what is going on. Now, the setup we want to do is > > Use the pfsense box as a load balancer/failover point to bring the two > Broadband connections into. It would handle these and route > them to one > internal connection (The RED zone) on the ipcop. > > We would then use IPCOP as the firewall between our network > and the rest of > the world. > > I assume this is possible? > > Will the pfsense box be secure? > It's as secure as you configure it. Or do you think a firewall was build to be insecure? :-P > Do we need to setup special routing on it. Is there a > documented setup > for this. Being new, I found some howto pdfs, but wasn't > sure if it would > apply here. > The setup would be much easier if you drop the ipcop. Less points of failure. Less administration. > Anyway help or suggestions would be welcome. > > Thanks Heath > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Holger --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
