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It is always considered best practice to put any server that is publicly accessible on a DMZ. <br />

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It is always considered best practice to put any server that is publicly accessible on a DMZ.


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How many DMZs can the Cisco 515E handle? What do you think about this setup:<br />
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Internet&lt;------&gt;external router&lt;------&gt;Webserver(DM<wbr />Z)&lt;------&gt;<wbr />Firewall&lt;-<wbr />-----&gt;inte<wbr />rnal router<br />
&lt;------&gt;Network
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How many DMZs can the Cisco 515E handle? What do you think about this setup:

Internet<------>external router<------>Webserver(DMZ)<------>Firewall<------>internal router
<------>Network

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Nice description! :0) &nbsp;Here is a very stupid question though: Is it possible that I could hook a cisco switch into DMZ1 to host mutliple web servers?
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Nice description! :0)  Here is a very stupid question though: Is it possible that I could hook a cisco switch into DMZ1 to host mutliple web servers?

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Absolutely! You can connect any interface to a switch. You can have 1000 servers on any DMZ that you want...<br />

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Absolutely! You can connect any interface to a switch. You can have 1000 servers on any DMZ that you want...


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gotcha. This is great info. Thanks!!!
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Hello all, My network is currently using NAT with a basic sonicwalll pro 100 firewall. I have 2 new webservers to implement. i am going to purchase a cisco 515e. This is kind of my first time setting up webservers on a network. Is it better to set them on a DMZ or have it sit behind the firewall and have the ports forwarded? all advice is appreciated.
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Hello all, My network is currently using NAT with a basic sonicwalll pro 100 firewall. I have 2 new webservers to implement. i am going to purchase a cisco 515e. This is kind of my first time setting up webservers on a network. Is it better to set them on a DMZ or have it sit behind the firewall and have the ports forwarded? all advice is appreciated.

Port Forwarding or DMZ

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