From: Jay Hennigan (jay@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 12:58:18 GMT-3
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Andrew wrote:
> A PIX -is- a router (firewall router.) Hence, ip route statements and the
> ability to run RIP. It's a box with two (or more) interfaces that connects
> networks. Granted, it's not a box you would use for 'normal' routing
> functions but to say the PIX is not a router is just wrong.
UNIX and windows hosts have default route statements, and some of them
will do RIP.
Cisco doesn't think a PIX is a router, either.
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/pix_v50/config/config
.htm#xtocid109169
See step 10.
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