Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Options for branch connectivity into MPLS

We manage and maintain our own mpls network. Branches are set up with a router on a stick setup, but with a firewall. Think along the lines of a 5512x pair with a L2 switch stack.

Internet breakout is centrally managed - LAN/MPLS to a DC then off out to the internet via a pair of Palo altos.

I want to put some different options to my boss in regards to future connectivity for new offices. I can't see why we should spend £5-10k for office firewalls when all they are doing is a bit of L3 routing.

We could just go with a L3 switch stack?

Any downsides to moving away from deploying firewalls in all our offices?



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