Hi all,
I know this is a dumb-ass question but I've read the FM (including the
new Book of PF 2) and there is a basic something I still don't
understand about CARP.
Right now I have a small network with 1 static IP and 1 firewall. I
have a cat5 cable running directly from the cable modem to the $ext_if
of the firewall. I want to replace my 1 firewall with a pair of
new-to-me identical 1U servers with 4 em interfaces
I understand that I'll need to drop a small switch between the cable
modem and the redundant firewalls but what I don't understand clearly is
how many real, external static IPs I'm going to need. Page 120 of the
Book of PF 2 has a diagram that makes me think I'll need 3--carp0 on
each firewall gets the IP I have now, and the $ext_if on each firewall
gets another static IP each.
Is that correct? Obviously I don't want to buy a couple more static IPs
if I don't need them.
Thanks in advance!
Jeff Ross
