McAfee WebShield e500 Installationshandbuch Seite 40

Installation Guide — English
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• Transparency mode
LAN1 and LAN2 ports: Using both of the supplied blue network
cables — or equivalent Cat 5 Ethernet cables — connect the
appliance's LAN1 port (see
on page 17) to your existing network
appliance is inserted into the data stream. The cables are
straight-through (uncrossed) cables, so you can connect the
appliance to a normal uncrossed (MDI) RJ-45 ports on your network
equipment.
NOTE: In transparency mode, the appliance must be
connected to two different subnets.
The appliance must be used inside your firewall. For example,
if your network is connected to the Internet through a hub and a
firewall, you could put the appliance between the hub and firewall
(connecting the hub to the LAN1 port and the firewall to the LAN2
port).
In transparency mode, you can manage the appliance from a remote
computer, across the network. However, you cannot obtain a local
management connection through the LAN2 port (a method
available with proxy mode) because that port is required for
receiving and transmitting traffic.
Figure 1-3. Connecting your appliance (transparency mode)
on page
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Network
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1-3) so that the
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