Just realized I should have specified that these are STATIC IP addresses from the DSL modem. -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of James Newton Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 10:54 To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.' Cc: support@sonicwall.com; sales@sonicwall.com Subject: [EE] Still trying to buy a firewall... I'm still trying to get a good professional hardware firewall to replace the two separate Linksys units I have. Everybody was telling me to buy a Sonic unit, and I have now got management approval to actually put out around $800 for one, but I just heard from an experienced IT guy that it won't do what I want. We have ONE DSL modem that serves up TWO IP addresses. I need ONE firewall that can mange BOTH IP's with different internal networks and port configurations. One for the web / email server and another for the users machines / exchange / vpn / etc... I could purchase TWO Sonics, but then I have to have a hub between the DSL modem and the two firewalls, which ands another point of failure... ...and it was exactly that which caused slow access to the site this weekend: The little Netgear 4 port hub that I had between the DSL modem and the two Linksys units failed. Ok, here is the real reason: I used the failure of the hub to pound the need for a professional firewall home to management. "If we had just purchased the Sonic wall I asked for months ago, this would not have happened, because there would be no little hub in-between". If I now have to come back and ask for two firewalls and a new hub, it's going to make me look stupid. Everything I could find on the sonic wall web site made me believe that they could manage two separate internal networks, but this guy should know; he sets them up for a living. And he says he doesn't believe it can be done. James Newton: PICList webmaster/Admin mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786 PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist