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    Using Cisco IP Services switch + Checkpoint firewall in place of home gateway?

    Cool! I sort of dived into pfSense once I noticed that my checkpoint was basically a brick with the stock software. There's a lot of options in there to tweak, but the "plug and play" nature is much appreciated. I'm sure I'll have lots of little tweaks to make.
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    Using Cisco IP Services switch + Checkpoint firewall in place of home gateway?

    Cool, thanks! I follow on the SpeedStep governor, but as far as the license agreement, does this unlock some features? I did notice that some of the hardware acceleration is not enabled.
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    Using Cisco IP Services switch + Checkpoint firewall in place of home gateway?

    Installing pfSense on the Checkpoint was the ticket. Thanks! I would have never guessed that was even possible. Now, my configuration is: DOCSIS modem -> Checkpoint running pfSense -> Cisco 3560g -> clients. The network has a "flat" topology which is way less cool than have routing...
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    Using Cisco IP Services switch + Checkpoint firewall in place of home gateway?

    That was the plan but apparently Checkpoints require an expensive license to run! That's what I get for buying hardware off eBay... Now I'm trying to set up pfSense on my ESXi lab, but it only has a single NIC and pfSense does not like my VLANs. I think I am off in the deep end here.
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    Using Cisco IP Services switch + Checkpoint firewall in place of home gateway?

    Hi everyone. I have a home lab with a Cisco 3560G and just got a CheckPoint 2200 to play with. I was wondering if these two devices could be combined to replace the typical home gateway router. The 3560G can do routing, but not NAT, however the CheckPoint can do NAT so I was hoping to...
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