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Connecting from RED50 through dedicated Dark Fibre link - NOT internet

Hi there,
I asked my reseller if this was possible before purchasing and he said it was but I can't see how.
OK so I have two sites connected to each via a dark fibre link and two UTMs, one at each site which connect to two internet connections.
I would like an encrypted connection from our office network over the Dark Fibre link to an isolated network connected to our data centre UTM, hence the Red50. There would be a switch which would have a few developers on it's own VLAN, that would connect to the RED50 via LAN port, the WAN port of the RED50 would then connect to the core switch which I am hoping to route traffic along the dark fibre link to the UTM at the data centre. I can route traffic normally without the RED50 but obviously it is not encrypted.
Our internet connection at our Data centre is chargeable whereas our Dark fibre link is not so I need the setup to not go through the internet.
Is this possible and if so, how?

Let me know.

Thanks!

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0 n8xja over 9 years ago

CMCRC,

Offline RED provisioning was introduced v9.1, but I've never done it personally. As long as the end points can reach each other, it should work. To configure the red, Googling provided this nifty link:

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/122099.aspx

The hostname provided in the setup dialog has to be resolvable so that the RED can contact the UTM. AS long as you do that, and also perhaps, route the magic IP address (1.2.3.4) to the UTM, you should be good to go.

Hope this helps.

Tony
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0 Scott_Klassen over 9 years ago

I've done the USB provisioning method and it does work. One VERY important caveat though. After switching to USB provisioning, if you ever want to switch back to the provisioning server method or use the RED with another UTM, you will need to change the configuration on the UTM back to use provisioning server and allow the RED to connect back to the UTM afterwards. Otherwise you'll be stuck with an expensive brick that cannot connect to the provisioning servers or accept another USB config.

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0 AlastairFerguson over 9 years ago

OK I'll give it a go - thanks!
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0 AlastairFerguson over 9 years ago

OK it's all up and working - thanks very much for all your help.
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0 Scott_Klassen over 9 years ago

Not a problem. Enjoy.

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