From 1720 to 1841

Nov 09, 2006 2 Replies

Hi,



I have a couple of questions regarding migrating from a Cisco 1720, which was configured to support VPN and firewall, using ADSL.



Now we would like to move to an Ethernet 10/10 connection.The provider offers a Cisco 1841.



My questions: a) Can I just export/import the config settings - as displayed, using show run - from the old router to the new?



b) I want to keep the ADSL connection basically as a backup feed, optimally as a backup feed, which is also used, but only until the maximum allowed data transfer per month is not yet reached.



Can I reach this goal with the 1720 and 1841 or it would require a different, single router, which is able to handle and bond together both connections, monitor them for fail over if the 10/10 link is down and keeping track how far can the ADSL link also be utilized as an extra resource?



c) I also have a Cisco Pix available - does it have an advantage over the firewall function in the 1841?



d) Is it possible to use maybe Snort for a real-time, dynamic update of the Cisco firewall rules, in case an attack is detected?



Thank you for all the kind advice.



Regards, Nick



Hi Nick,

I am sure you could download the config from a 1720 nd upload on

1841.The only thing is the interfaces (if they are not same).

Cannot commet on snort but PIX would certainly be a good candidate for firewalling than a Cisco router.

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