I think your mixing up form and function.
The MT Device is a switch and you clearly stated you have an upstream firewall that takes care of firewall rules etc. so not sure what the issue is??
Its a switch so Wire Speed should be a given.
Security wise are you asking what additional security functionality can the MT device provide ON TOP of what your firewall already does??
Well not much at L3, because the device is a switch not a router, although it could be used as a router but you would then lose wire speed.
The focus on security should be your firewall which is handing out DHCPs correct. There are ways so that new DHCP IPs are not handed out and only existent static IPs on an ARP list can connect to the network etc. Other than isolating users into vlans so that untrusted users cannot connect to anything but the internet is typical as well and vlans from the get go segment subnets from each other at L2 and the firewall should do the same at L3.
My two cents, others are far more conversant of what the switch may be capable of.............
The MT Device is a switch and you clearly stated you have an upstream firewall that takes care of firewall rules etc. so not sure what the issue is??
Its a switch so Wire Speed should be a given.
Security wise are you asking what additional security functionality can the MT device provide ON TOP of what your firewall already does??
Well not much at L3, because the device is a switch not a router, although it could be used as a router but you would then lose wire speed.
The focus on security should be your firewall which is handing out DHCPs correct. There are ways so that new DHCP IPs are not handed out and only existent static IPs on an ARP list can connect to the network etc. Other than isolating users into vlans so that untrusted users cannot connect to anything but the internet is typical as well and vlans from the get go segment subnets from each other at L2 and the firewall should do the same at L3.
My two cents, others are far more conversant of what the switch may be capable of.............
Statistics: Posted by anav — Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:54 pm