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When setting up a branch/remote office, do I need a router?
Hi everyone,
I have never setup a remote/branch office before, so please bear with me if my questions seem simple. I am going to setting up a remote office next week in the DC area. They are currently sharing space with another company and are sharing their T1 line (through a simple hub). We have three sites which include the DC site, our main office, and a co-location where our servers are housed. There is an IPSEC tunnel between the DC office and the co-lo, and the DC office and our main office. The co-lo and our main office are connected by two t1 lines. For this setup I have been trying to figure out if I need a router or not. We have a Cisco PIX 506E firewall and a switch and server, so will that be enough to connect the data circuit to the firewall's outside interface, or do I need a router (like a Cisco 1800 series)? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Everyone!
I have never setup a remote/branch office before, so please bear with me if my questions seem simple. I am going to setting up a remote office next week in the DC area. They are currently sharing space with another company and are sharing their T1 line (through a simple hub). We have three sites which include the DC site, our main office, and a co-location where our servers are housed. There is an IPSEC tunnel between the DC office and the co-lo, and the DC office and our main office. The co-lo and our main office are connected by two t1 lines. For this setup I have been trying to figure out if I need a router or not. We have a Cisco PIX 506E firewall and a switch and server, so will that be enough to connect the data circuit to the firewall's outside interface, or do I need a router (like a Cisco 1800 series)? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Everyone!
Michael Frederick
Setup a VPN tunnel between the two locations with you PIX. You do have a PIX at both locations correct? Statics (public) IP at both locations?
ASKER
Yes, all three locations have static IP addresses. So, if I just setup the VPN tunnel between the sites (we had it fully meshed) then I will not need a router?
Correct.
Technically you have a router with the PIX. That is what I am doing here and it works fine. Are you going to be running apps across this or just file/print services? Maybe TS/Citrix?
Technically you have a router with the PIX. That is what I am doing here and it works fine. Are you going to be running apps across this or just file/print services? Maybe TS/Citrix?
ASKER
Yeah that is what I will be doing, is just file sharing, email and TS. I thought it would work with just a PIX, but another guy here said I had to have a router. Thanks for the quick response, I appreciate it.
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