Month: July 2014

When to use SOnicwall transparent vs bridge mode

When to use Transparent Mode and when to use L2 Bridge Mode Requirement Mode Need to pass non-IPv4 traffic L2 Bridge Mode as Transparent Mode passes only IPv4 traffic. Need to pass broadcast traffic L2 Bridge Mode as Transparent Mode drops broadcast traffic(exception being NetBios). Multiple Subnets support L2 Bridge Mode as Transparent Mode only supports a single subnet(that which is assigned to, and spanned from the Primary WAN). VLAN traffic L2 Bridge Mode as VLAN traffic is passed through the L2 Bridge and inspected as opposed to Transparent Mode…