I am trying to determine how to configure the 4215 IDS to work in sandwich mode. 1 port connected up outside the firewall and 1 port connected up inside the firewall, and is this the best method to use and is it secure?
Thanks, I'll stick with a switch. My only question is and I think I have tried this and it didn't work is this:Can a port on a Cisco switch be spanned to multiple ports? I am currently spanning the inside firewall port to our webfiltering software ...
OK, this makes sense, wasn't sure if I was going crazy or not with the port labeling. In a previous response you mentioned TAP, what exactly is a TAP? currently we do not have a switch outside our F/W and I really don't want to place one there, tha...
Thanks, for the info. I now have other questions since I have upgraded to 6.0. When I log into the IDS from a web browser my cable is connected up to FE0/1 and I enter the IP Address of the IDS and the IDM comes up. I thought only FE0/0 was used f...
Thanks for the update. Just so I get this staright. FE0/0 is for monitor and control only. FE0/1 could be placed outside the firewall, to monitor traffice inbound. I would have to place a switch ouside the firewall and configure spanning port for...
