Firewall setup

[Luis Carlos Solano]

Thatks because many ISPs use WAN protocols like Frame Relay, ATM, etc, and 
usually you do not have a card to support those protocols. WAN cards do 
exist,but, I think they're still quite expensive.

lc.


Segree, Gareth wrote:

> This question might not be appropriate for this list but let me ask anyway.
> 
> I have a iptables firewall that between our lan and the internet,
> is there anything to be gained by putting a cisco router between the
> firewall and the internet.
> I'm asking because I have seen this type of setup for a lot of enterprise
> businesses and I'm not sure why one would need this kind of setup unless
> they wanted to do some kind of special routing.
> 
> eg
> lan---firewall---router---internet
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
>