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
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.
Newer versions of the PIX OS have more routing protocol support such as
OSPF. Vs. 6.3
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The PIX is not a router, however it does have
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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
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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
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