topic firewall or just router in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-or-just-router/m-p/2281470#M343235 <P>We have recently acquired a new company and we are in the process of integrating them into our network. What we would like to happen is to allow 2 distinct subnets full access to our network, we do not plan to limit the applications or protocols passing from one network to the other, my thoughts are that we could just use a plain old router and use ACL's to limit access to the two subnets.<BR /><BR />Thoughts?<BR /><BR />Murray<BR /><BR />Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPad App</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:36:23 GMT Murray Bown 2019-03-12T02:36:23Z firewall or just router https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-or-just-router/m-p/2281470#M343235 <P>We have recently acquired a new company and we are in the process of integrating them into our network. What we would like to happen is to allow 2 distinct subnets full access to our network, we do not plan to limit the applications or protocols passing from one network to the other, my thoughts are that we could just use a plain old router and use ACL's to limit access to the two subnets.<BR /><BR />Thoughts?<BR /><BR />Murray<BR /><BR />Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPad App</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:36:23 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-or-just-router/m-p/2281470#M343235 Murray Bown 2019-03-12T02:36:23Z firewall or just router https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-or-just-router/m-p/2281471#M343236 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Murray,</P><P></P><P>If all you want to filter is IP traffic or just L4 traffic based on the content on the IP or TCP/UDP headers you should be good with a router.</P><P></P><P><SPAN>For more information about Core and Security Networking follow my website at </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://laguiadelnetworking.com">http://laguiadelnetworking.com</A><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /> <BR /><SPAN>Any question contact me at </SPAN><A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:jcarvaja@laguiadelnetworking.com">jcarvaja@laguiadelnetworking.com</A><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /> <BR />Cheers, <BR /> <BR />Julio Carvajal Segura</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 10 Sep 2013 22:08:43 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-or-just-router/m-p/2281471#M343236 Julio Carvajal 2013-09-10T22:08:43Z