[c-nsp] Sizing up a Cisco PIX

[Olav Langeland]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Arnold [mailto:tim at uksolutions.co.uk] 
> Sent: 11. januar 2005 11:54
> To: Jim McBurnett
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Sizing up a Cisco PIX
> 
> On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 08:37 -0500, Jim McBurnett wrote:
> 
> > How many hosts?
> > If you only have 3 hosts, and don't need failover and it will be a
> > dedicated LAN for them behind the PIX, just get a 501 with a 10 user
> > license.
> > IF you may need to do a DMZ and have more hosts, look at 
> the 506(dot1q
> > vlan DMZ) or 515(dot1q vlan DMZ and physical port DMZ)
> 
> 
> Didn't think the 506 could do vlan? Only the 515-R, but I could be
> wrong...

Brand new! This was added in Pix 6.3(4) as described here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2120/prod_release_note0
9186a0080267ccd.html#wp159177
VLAN Support Added to the PIX 506/506E

-olav