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Posted by Boe on August 4, 2007, 9:26 am
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Thanks!
> Hello,
>
> I'm a newbie when it comes to routing and firewalls. I have a network
> that services extremely large files - the average is proably around 1 GB -
> ranging from small to 100 GB files.
>
> Their firewall has a 100 megabit interface. Their file server where they
> send the bulk of their data has a gigabit interface. Although they also
> send a good amount of data to our web server which is in a different
> network zone.
>
> I currently have their default gateway as the firewall - should I somehow
> make the default gateway the file server and then make it go to the
> firewall (if that is even possible - I really don't know).
>
> I'm wondering if those very large files have to go through the firewall
> which has a small pipe compared to the clients which are all gigabit as
> well as the server and switch. Does the firewall just inspect the
> beginning of the traffic and then direct it through the switch or is each
> very large file going the the firewall in its entirety?
>
> Thanks
>
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