mohsin.khan@telenor.com.pk
Need expert opinion on which one of below is considered as best practice and why...
Option-1
RTR-1----ASA---- SW-1
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/ \ / \
RTR-2----ASA----SW-2
Option-2
RTR-1----ASA---- SW-1
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RTR-2----ASA----SW-2
Neither actually. You need L2 adjacency between the ASA interfaces and although you have that on the switch side you don't on the router side. It should be
RTR1 -- SW1 -- ASA1 -- SW2
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RTR2 -- SW3 -- ASA2 -- SW4
Jon