User Manual Part 1
Table Of Contents
- Check Point Safe@Office User Guide 8.0
- Copyright & Trademarks
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- About Your Check Point Safe@Office Appliance
- Safe@Office 500 Product Family
- Product Features
- Wireless Features
- Optional Security Services
- Software Requirements
- Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 500 Appliance
- Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 500W Appliance
- Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 500 ADSL Appliance
- Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 500W ADSL Appliance
- Contacting Technical Support
- Safe@Office Security
- Installing and Setting Up Safe@Office
- Getting Started
- Configuring the Internet Connection
- Managing Your Network
- Using Bridges
- Configuring High Availability
- Using Traffic Shaper
- Working with Wireless Networks
- Viewing Reports
- Viewing Logs
- Setting Your Security Policy
Overview
Chapter 8: Configuring High Availability 241
Note: To use a WAN virtual IP address, the Internet connection method must be
"Static IP". PPP-based connections and dynamic IP connections are not supported.
Before configuring HA, the following requirements must be met:
• You must have at least two identical Safe@Office appliances.
• The appliances must have identical firmware versions and firewall rules.
• The appliances' internal networks and bridges must be the same.
• The appliances must have different real internal IP addresses, but share the same
virtual IP address.
• The appliances' synchronization interface ports must be connected either
directly, or via a hub or a switch. For example, if the DMZ is the
synchronization interface, then the DMZ/WAN2 ports on the appliances must be
connected to each other.
The synchronization interface need not be dedicated for synchronization only. It may
be shared with an active internal network or bridge.
You can configure HA for the WAN interface, for any bridge, and for any internal network
except wireless networks and the OfficeMode network.
Note: You can enable the DHCP server in all Safe@Office appliances. A Passive
Gateway’s DHCP server will start answering DHCP requests only if the Active
Gateway fails.
Note: If you configure HA for the primary WLAN network:
• A passive appliance's wireless transmitter will be disabled until the
gateway becomes active.
• The two primary WLAN networks can share the same SSID and
wireless frequency.
• Wireless interfaces cannot serve as the synchronization interface.