Re: Network connectivity

You have the option to use Network Address Translation (NAT) with the use of a device such as the CISCO Big-IP. This allows the redirection of netword traffic from a virtual address to where ever required. In order to do this you can either use Connection manager (painfull and not recommended or make use of shared sockets at the server to allow for port redirection.

On 5 Mar 2002 13:25:38 -0800, joseph_at_biotouch.com (joseph) wrote:

>Must you be able to ping the database server to connect? If so, how
>does one configure a secure network yet allow certain remote users to
>gain access to the server. I'm sure many networking professionals
>have to do this. I know of no way for a proxy client to ping to any
>outside ip address or vice versa.
>
>Joseph
Received on Wed Mar 06 2002 - 10:24:58 CET