[c-nsp] help with the correct choice of a cisco router

[Josh Farrelly]

Hi Riccardo.

The ASA can route between VLANs, though dependant on your configuration and requirements you can route before the firewalls if you prefer.

Thanks,

Josh Farrelly

On 7/03/2012, at 0:34, "Riccardo Giuntoli" <taglio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Josh, to do routing i imagine that you're using some L3 switches correct? ASA can do router-on-a-stick config? 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Josh Farrelly <josh at base-2.co.nz> wrote:
> From what you've mentioned there'd likely be no reason you couldn't use an ASA5510 for the requirements you've laid out below.
> 
> We have 2x ASA5510's in an active/passive cluster at a customer site. It's connected to a 100/100Mbps link and it quite happily handles several thousand connections and throughputs at full rates in either direction.
> 
> We've had no issues with them, apart from a PSU failure and a few configuration issues with WCCP. They've been in service for the better part of 2 years now.
> 
> I guess it comes down to what you're most comfortable with at the end of the day.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Josh.
> 
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> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Riccardo Giuntoli
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2012 10:36 a.m.
> To: Doug McIntyre; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] help with the correct choice of a cisco router
> 
> Yuhm, i've not think about a firewall for sure... do you speak about some ASA machine? Do you have some suggestions?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Doug McIntyre <merlyn at geeks.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 11:19:38AM +0100, Riccardo Giuntoli wrote:
> > > Hello there, first of all nice to talk with us for the first time in
> > > this ml. My name is Riccardo Giuntoli and i'm writing from Spain,
> > > how're you guys?
> > >
> > > I've got a customer that have some simple task to do and we want to
> > realize
> > > this with a cisco router, those are the points to comply:
> >
> > Why a router, and not a firewall instead? They will more easily hit
> > your requirements at a chaper price point.
> >
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