Hello everybody.
our ISP has provide us a whole class c-network for external use. We have a full configured CISCO router in front of our UTM 9.2. I have a understanding problem what the correct settings for the WAN (ETH1) are, to use the whole class c-network correctly on a Sophos UTM.
Which subnet mask should I use for the WAN interface? Do I use a "real" class c subnet or do I configure the subnet to /32 (255.255.255.255) for my primary address?
For example:
IP: 123.123.123.5 (UTM)
Subnet: 255.255.255.0 or 255.255.255.255 (?)
GW: 123.123.123.1 (ISP router)
I also use several additional addresses. For that i configured an additional address on my interface, using 255.255.255.255 as a subnet.
Everthing seems to be fine, also the connection are working (with both settings). The only thing is, that I see several "default drops" coming from external (to the interface) in the firewall logs.
I configured a "cleanup"-rule at the bottom, which means "ANY" - "ANY" - "ANY" --> reject. for my understanding I should only see all "dropped packets" which are matching with my cleanup-rule. Why do I also see several dropped packets (default)?
Thanks for help.
Cheers
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