topic Cluster, PPPoE, ISP redundancy in Spark Firewall (SMB)

Cluster, PPPoE, ISP redundancy

Wolfgang — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:59:10 GMT

I want to know it‘s supported running two 1900 appliances with

- ClusterXL-HA

- ISP redundancy (3 WAN, one them with PPPoE)

- centrally managed via onPremise SMS or Smart-1 cloud

Re: Cluster, PPPoE, ISP redundancy

Lesley — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:14:21 GMT

Don't think so:

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk177804

But this is GAIA embedded, maybe use 2 links for redundancy and dont use the PPPOE?

Re: Cluster, PPPoE, ISP redundancy

PhoneBoy — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:24:04 GMT

Modern versions of ISP Redundancy on Quantum Gateways support more than two ISPs.

Re: Cluster, PPPoE, ISP redundancy

Lesley — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:34:11 GMT

Big gateways even 10 😉 In versions R81.10 and higher, ISP Redundancy supports up to ten ISP Links

What about if it is a PPPOE link? Never seen that before in Redundancy

Re: Cluster, PPPoE, ISP redundancy

PhoneBoy — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:52:52 GMT

It should be supported on SMBs at least, which handle ISP Redundancy a little differently than regular gateways.

Re: Cluster, PPPoE, ISP redundancy

Wolfgang — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:00:29 GMT

Yes, this is a known sk article and the other problem ClusterXL and PPPoE listed in https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk101747

But I‘m talking about Sparc appliances, I think there are differences.

If PPPoE will be not supported with a cluster solution, Check Point can‘t be a solution for our customer. At the customers location ther‘s only one available internet provider. And they provide access via PPPoE only. The running Sophos gateway-cluster has no problem with this 😞