how to set up switch, PIX and router using VLANs

Oct 24, 2006 1 Replies

i've got a 2950 switch, 2611 router and 515 pix i want to set them up so that i route different VLANs through the firewall i plan to set the equipment up in this order


----------------------- | | | router | | |



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----------------------- | | | pix | | |



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----------------------- | | | switch | | |



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is this correct?



You cannot route VLANs individually on a PIX, unless you are using

7.x software and VRF (Virtual Router Facility) so that each VLAN sees a different router table. (Though there might be other selective routing mechanisms in 7.x that I haven't happened to encounter yet.)

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