RE: PIX 500 as ROUTER ONLY

["Wes Noonan" <mailinglists () wjnconsulting com>]

That is the biggest reason I can think of for why not to use the PIX as a
router. It can route, but it doesn't like to (and I don't think can) route
packets back on the same interface.

Wes Noonan

> -----Original Message-----
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> admin () honor icsalabs com] On Behalf Of Luca Berra
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 08:32
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> Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] PIX 500 as ROUTER ONLY
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 09:26:26PM -0800, Dario Calia wrote:
> > Which PIX model do you have?  The PIX supports static
> > routing, Passive
> > RIP and a very complete implementation of OSPF.  What
>
> Dario,
> correct me if i am wrong, the major difference in using a pix instead of
> a router would be that the pix does not forward packets on the same
> interface?
>
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