topic 2800 or pix? in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/2800-or-pix/m-p/428848#M531649 <P>Right now I am planning a new network and i haven't decided if i should use the fw features in the 2800 router or use the pix 515s i have right now. keep in mind that i have a cluster of ISA servers on my network . is the FW features in teh 2800 much different then that of the PIX are there any adv. going with a pix over just using the 2800? thanks.</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:28:34 GMT m.matteson 2020-02-21T08:28:34Z 2800 or pix? https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/2800-or-pix/m-p/428848#M531649 <P>Right now I am planning a new network and i haven't decided if i should use the fw features in the 2800 router or use the pix 515s i have right now. keep in mind that i have a cluster of ISA servers on my network . is the FW features in teh 2800 much different then that of the PIX are there any adv. going with a pix over just using the 2800? thanks.</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 08:28:34 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/2800-or-pix/m-p/428848#M531649 m.matteson 2020-02-21T08:28:34Z Re: 2800 or pix? https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/2800-or-pix/m-p/428849#M531652 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>personally i prefer a pix whenever possible.</P><P></P><P>to determine which one to be deployed, we should identify what sort of feature is required. e.g. any vpn? any routing involved? going to connect to the internet or internal use?</P><P></P><P>assuming vpn is one of the requiremnet and not much routing is involved, i will go with the pix. from my experience, i feel that pix handles vpn better in terms of reliability and flexibility.</P><P></P><P>even pure firewalling i guess pix would still be my choice as pix is specially designed for security; whereas router firewall feature set is just an add-on feature.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:05:44 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/2800-or-pix/m-p/428849#M531652 jackko 2005-10-20T03:05:44Z