When to Route on Core Switches vs Next-Gen Firewalls in Enterprise

Learn when to use core switch routing vs next-generation firewall routing in enterprise networks. Explore performance, security

Cable from isp router should go into my switch or firewall

I run both of our handoffs directly to our firewall. We have a Fortigate 200D which has most of the features of a switch,

Routing on firewall vs L3 switches

So we have an environment with several VLANs connected to a FortiNet firewall using multiple interfaces trunked back to our L3 Dell

Core layer | FortiSwitch 7.6.0 | Fortinet Document Library

When it comes to the core FortiGate devices, the choice depends on the type of traffic and if there is a requirement to handle all

Network Setup for core and firewall

The best way from a security standpoint is to have a physically separate switch connecting the ISP handoff to the

Solved: Connectivity from Core to Firewall

You want to simply extend L2 all the way from the access switch to the firewall so all ports need to be L2 until they get

L3 Core to Firewall question

My issue is in deciding whether to use the "core" switches OR the Fortigate firewall as the default gateway/L3 switch in the network.

r/networking on Reddit: Routing – Firewall or Switch

Now, my opinion is to route all the traffic between those subnets through the firewall, because you can limit the access to certain

Recommendation for a connection between Core Switch and Firewall

Hello, I am asking myself what others recommend for the connection between core switch and Firewall. The setup is

switching

I have been assigned for my first project ever as network engineer, things seems to be going smoothly, but there''s

Network Setup for core and firewall

Internet modem------core switch------firewall Scenario: Internet modem - send to core switch the internet core switch -

Firewall to Core Switch question : r/networking

If you want your firewall to filter traffic between vlans, you''ll need to present those vlans to the firewall over a L2 trunk so that the

switching

If you are provides internet connectivity through firewall and you needs to filter all traffic in common manner for all

Configuring the Core Switch

When configuring interfaces and routes, you need to specify a VPN instance to isolate public network routes from the

Routing on firewall or core switches? : r/networking

Traffic staying within a zone can be routed on the core switch to reduce load on the firewall and improve performance. So in your

cisco

I''m encountering some difficulties to connect some VLANs to a physical firewall. In details I have a core network with a

Manage VLAN routing by firewall instead of the L3 switch

Hello, I have a network were all traffic should pass through a firewall (in a server) that implements some routing and

Recommendation for a connection between Core Switch and Firewall

But then my question from my last answer remains: Is your recommendation to leave the routing on the L3 switch and

route

I would like to know if it''s possible to redirect all network traffic to a device (it can be Firewall or Transparent Proxy).

Integrating DMZ into Core switch : r/networking

That being said, I''m trying to wrap my head around how the integration would work. I am thinking it''s a case of directing incoming

Moving VLANs from Core Switch to Firewall : r/networking

Just don''t forget to trunk properly for those VLANs between the core switch and the firewall, so the VLAN traffic can get back to its

Connecting internet uplink to switch or firewall

We can add more resiliency by adding another core switch so 1 firewall and 1 internet connection to one core switch and the other

ISP Hooked Up to Core Switch First... Instead of Straight to The

To me if the only thing touching that core switch is the ISP connections and the firewalls - then the edge switches are behind the

Connecting Core switch to firewall

Hi guys, I have a 3750X four-switch stack acting as the core of a fairly simple LAN. All I need to achieve (and this

Internet Connection Termination: Core Switch vs Firewall

My colleague argued that internet connections should not be terminated on the core switches or internal access switches but rather

Network Segmentation

Hello! I have seen this in my previous company where we used external consultants and they used small Firewall for internet traffic

Solved: Firewall to 2 core switches

Yes, if you add a second core switch, you would need to add a second firewall for redundancy. You can configure the

Connectivity from Core to Firewall

The switches don''t need to ping the firewall ie. they are not end devices transmitting traffic. The only reason you may

How to setup special routing of internet traffic in Layer 3 switch?

At my work, I want to change the way our internet traffic routes through our core switch at the main office and