RE: Is a switch secure? (managed/unmanaged)

Hi all, In the following config, which was cut from the CD, why would we need the "ip forward-protocol" there, I though the ip-helped address would do the job, to forward all the broadcast to the servers, is that right? Thanks Kent "In the following example, one router is on network

RE: Is a switch secure? (managed/unmanaged)

Title: RE: Is a switch secure? (managed/unmanaged) Hi Dave, Even though you can do it with a switch but its not secure enough to satisfy highly profiled customers because packets can be sniffed across vlan ports using mirroring port and there is no packet inspection and if you need vpn

Re: Is a switch secure? (managed/unmanaged)

RE: Is a switch secure? (managed/unmanaged)Thanks Kuldip but no thanks. $189,000 dollars is out of the question for a 16 node office. Try for something in the under $2k total solution. Dave K. Kuldip Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 9D048F4A422CD411A56500B0D0209C5B1DC85A@NS-CA"

RE: Is a switch secure? (managed/unmanaged)

Sounds like you could go with a layer 3 switch (or a simple layer 2 switch and an external router), give each office's group of ports a seperate VLAN, and use access lists to block traffic between offices, as well as allow access to the internet and to VLANs that need to be accessed by two