2 gateways?

[nick25]

Hi everyone and Happy New Year.

I have a simple PIX issue. Glad if anyone could clarify.

Say I have a setup like this :

Router A \
--- PIX ---- LAN
Router B /

My question is this:

(I am running PIX OS 7)
Is it possible to set 2 equal cost routes to each Router, so that if 1 router falls, the other will take over all the traffic? From what I read in the PIX documentation, if you set 2 default equal cost routes, the PIX will distribute traffic to the 2 gateways. However I tried this and when I turn off one of the routers, I don't see the other router taking over the traffic. I also read elsewhere that you cannot set 2 gateways on the PIX, so I'm somewhat confused, unless it wasn't possible in earlier PIX OS versions.

Could someone please clarify?

Thanks.

 

[NetworkGhost]

No But you could do HSRP on your routers. 1 virtual IP and youll still have redundancy.

 

[nick25]

Yes, I am looking into HSRP.

Thanks for the reply. Very much appreciated.

 

[nick25]

Hi again, I think I'll opt for running GLBP on the 2 routers.

Just wondering something. If instead of using static routes, I use OSPF on the pix and the 2 routers, would that solve my original problem?

 

[NetworkGhost]

You could inject the default route via OSPF. Although Ive never tried this with the Pix you can test first to see if it will work for you.