Cisco Pix 515 with 2 Nic cards - slowing down network

[thegirlofsteel]

Hi all,

I am in a predicament where I have 2 nic cards with an old cisco pix 515. One card is used for our vpn/web services and internet access, the other is for a connection to an intranet application server at our main branch. Lately, we have been training on a new application from the main branch via a separate T1 line. Now it seems as if our firewall needs to be rebooted more often now and causes our network to come to a complete halt.

Would adding another firewall router exclusively for the application server be in my best interest or am I missing something or doing something wrong. Logistically, if I do go with an exclusive firewall/router for the application server, how would I have the 2 firewalls co-exist on the same network?

 

[KiscoKid]

I'd recommend 2 things:

1. Post your issue on the following forum (

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=35)

as this forum is purely for assistance with PIX firewalls.

2. Setup syslog on your PIX and interrogate the resultant log it generates. It may give you some insight into why it's falling over. The following link explains how to config a pix to use a syslog server:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094030.shtml

Hope this helps