Firewall is located after the core switch

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Feb 13, 2026

ISP Hooked Up to Core Switch First... Instead of Straight

If you have a seperate switching infrastructure, if the router or WAN switch is compromised then there is much less danger of an internal breach as theres no

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Jul 23, 2025

L3 Core to Firewall question

My issue is in deciding whether to use the "core" switches OR the Fortigate firewall as the default gateway/L3 switch in the network. As far as my research has revealed, using the "core" for this

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Aug 11, 2025

Internet switch placement after firewall

He told that firewall will take care. I told if core switch is compromised we can''t tell its impact will be. Can anybody give me a justification for our next sitting on this matter? Any

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Jan 14, 2026

How are a firewall and DMZ positioned in a network?

There must be an concentrator (switch or hub) between the firewall and the edge router for the DMZ servers to attach. Historically, a firewall only connected your

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Feb 08, 2026

What''s the Difference between a Switch, a Router, and a

What''s the Difference between a switch, router & firewall? In our latest blog we take a closer look at the different features & capabilities of each device.

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Feb 26, 2026

Introduction of Firewall in Computer Network

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Dec 01, 2025

Solved: Connectivity from Core to Firewall

You want to simply extend L2 all the way from the access switch to the firewall so all ports need to be L2 until they get to the L3 interface on the

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Sep 17, 2025

Link between Firewall and Core Switches : r/networking

Link between Firewall and Core Switches We will soon be deploying some core switches. When going upstream (towards outside) from the core L3 switches to a set of firewalls, I''m unsure if the the links

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Feb 27, 2026

Recommendation for a connection between Core Switch and Firewall

Hello, I am asking myself what others recommend for the connection between core switch and Firewall. The setup is the following: Two Catalyst 9300 Core switches in stack. The stack

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Dec 30, 2025

What Is a Switch, Router, Gateway, Subnet, Firewall

This blog post provides a brief and introductory overview of a switch, router, gateway, subnet, firewall, and demilitarized zone (DMZ). These common

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Dec 31, 2025

Umzug der Firewall und Einsatz eines Core-Switches

Der Switch soll lediglich als Verteiler dienen, damit wir die elendig lange Aneinanderreihung von Switchen auflösen können. Wenn wir die Firewall

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Jul 05, 2025

Recommendation for a connection between Core Switch and Firewall

The original idea was to leave VLANs 10, 20 and 30 on the core switch, as there are no restrictions between these VLANs and no filtering is necessary. The utilization was still unknown at

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Sep 19, 2025

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May 04, 2026

Switch versus firewall security

The sensors are not able to keep up with all traffic on the LAN and so the suggestion is to move our core routing off of the firewall to the core switch, then capture only north/south traffic from

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Apr 16, 2026

Firewall to Core Switch question : r/networking

Your core does not need to have an IP if it''s connected over L2 and your firewall is doing the routing. You would set a dedicated managment IP for the switch so you can access it. If your equipment can

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Sep 28, 2025

Where does the firewall go in a network? Before or after the

You also may have a complex network "behind" the firewall that requires routing, but not advanced security, so you might place a router there. For example, a large SP is going to have "routers" spread

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Sep 19, 2025

Firewall on the same network of the Core switch and

What disasvantage can you find in this design? For my opinion the firewall would be unecesary traffic for example maybe broadcast traffic and stuff

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Jun 08, 2026

Firewall Deployment: Edge vs. Core

Benefits of Core Firewall Deployment Placing firewalls at the core of your network ensures that even if a threat enters through the perimeter, it faces another layer of stringent checks. This central positioning

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Nov 12, 2025

Where to Place a Firewall in the Network & Why It''s

Where the first firewall is placed after the outermost device that connects to the WAN and passes traffic to the DMZ network, and then, a second

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Nov 24, 2025

Core layer | FortiSwitch 7.6.0 | Fortinet Document Library

Point-to-point links are used between each element, and Fortinet recommends using the MCLAG and dual ICLs between the core switches. The following figure shows the fully distributed set of links

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Jan 30, 2026

Can I place a firewall behind the core switch with a public ip

I had a client with 3 locations and Comcast Metro E homerunning between the sites and their HQ, which had the firewall and seperate fiber line for internet. The Metro-E was layer 2, so they

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Feb 12, 2026

When to Route on Core Switches vs Next-Gen Firewalls in Enterprise

For enterprise network architects and senior infrastructure engineers, determining where Layer 3 routing logic should reside—on the core switch or the Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)—is a foundational

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May 23, 2026

Where does the firewall go in a network? Before or after the

In most production networks, a router that is BGP peering with an ISP is directly connected to the ISP, with a firewall sitting inside that (often doing NAT as well), and then a layer 3 switch sitting inside that.

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Jul 04, 2025

Routing on firewall or core switches? : r/networking

Traffic staying within a zone can be routed on the core switch to reduce load on the firewall and improve performance. So in your case your end devices and printers can probably exist in the same zone.

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