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Old 2006-09-25
jparnell jparnell is offline
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Default ISP Monitored Hosts
Hi,

we've just implemented ISP redundancy on two Nokia IP350s, with Checkpoint NGX.

I notice that there is an option to configure 'ISP Monitored Hosts' which allow the firewalls to monitor hosts out on the internet, and mark the ISP link down if one of these hosts is does not respond.

I was wondering if anyone uses this option? Its sounds quite a good idea, but then I'm a little hesitant because if one of the monitored hosts is down for whatever reason ( maybe maintenance) then our ISP link will be marked down.

It can be found: Gateway Properties-> Topology-> ISP Redundancy-> ISP Links-> Edit-> Advanced.

Any views would be appreciated.

James
Last edited by jparnell; 2006-09-25 at 08:35.
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