Connecting a Cisco router to the FireCluster
I have connected a Cisco 2800 router, running IOS 15.0, to two Watchguard M270s, running 12.10.4, configured as fireclusters. To ensure the high availability features are properly setup, is it necessary to bridge the two ethernet ports of the Cisco router and connect one of them to the master M270 and the other to the standby M270?
However, I found from the manual that "FireCluster does not support bridge mode." Would it be a problem connecting the bridged Cisco ports to the firecluster?
Can I setup the Cisco router using the following configuration:
bridge irb
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
no ip address
bridge-group 1
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
no ip address
bridge-group 1
!
interface BVI1
ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.252
!
bridge 1 protocol ieee
bridge 1 route ip
Comments
Bridge Mode is 1 of the 3 types of setups for Fireware
The other 2 are Mixed Routing mode & Drop-in mode.
Mixed Routing mode is the default.
Bridge Mode
https://www.watchguard.com/help/docs/help-center/en-US/Content/en-US/Fireware/networksetup/net_config_bridgemode_c.html
It does not mean that bridged interface groups are not supported.
Create a Network Bridge Configuration
https://www.watchguard.com/help/docs/help-center/en-US/Content/en-US/Fireware/networksetup/net_config_bridge_create_c.html