Re: general question on design options

Something needs clarified.

The Cisco Device in the centext that I describe would be a firewall device
like a PIX or ASA. But you must keep in mind that when you go to a T1 line
you will be bringing that T1 into a CSU/DSU and then in to a Router
(probably also Cisco). This would be a router,..a *real* router,...not a
home user broadband "router" that is really just a cheap NAT Firewall. This
"real" router is there for the purpose of being a Router,...it has nothing
to do with being a Firewall. So if you bought a PIX or ASA you would have
two Cisco Devices,...one a Router,..the other a Firewall.

A Firewall is an "edge" device,...a Router is not. A Router sits next to
the edge on one side or the other,...the Firewall (like ISA, PIX, ASA) sits
directly on the edge and lives on both sides at the same time.

The physical structure of how T1 systems are put together is nothing like
the "home user" technologies of DSL or CableTV Internet.


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