IP Redirection

[oronrosen]

Hello all. I am having trouble finding a device that will be able to redirect all packets from my clients (192.168.x.100-200) to my server (192.168.x.5). It sounds simple enough, however it has caused an immense headache in my organization. Here is the outline:

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| Clients |

| 192.168.x.100-200|

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| Device |

| 192.168.x.2|

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| Server |

| 192.168.x.5|

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For security reasons we do not want to configure the client nic's with the gateway of the server directly. Thus we would like to insert a device between the server and the clients that would be in charge of redirecting all the traffic. In addition we would like the server (192.168.x.5) to remain on the same subnet as the clients. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Also, price is a factor as we are a small business. Thank you in advance.

[thisisshanky]

What kind of traffic are you talking about ? HTTP ? any thing specific ? Have you looked at software proxy ?

[michael_davis]

Any of the CSS series content switches should be able to give you the result you need, especially for HTTP traffic.

Although it is less common for non-http traffic, the VIP can reside on the same subnet as the server. However, there is the potential for arp/cam/triangulation issues,

See:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/modules/ps2706/products_configuration_example09186a00800946e0.shtml

This single vlan approach is also used by Windows and Linux network load balancing applications.