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Posted by ¦ on October 25, 2005, 8:22 pm
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you a lot of the way to NGX. FP3 -> AI is mostly a feature difference, the
interface is pretty much the same. One of the best things you could do is
open things read-only and poke around. I don't even think FP2 is supported
any more, is it?
You might want to bring someone in and work with them to get you to R55
first. That will get you a lot more familiar with what's going on. R55 is
currently at HFA16, with one additional HFA (hotfix accumulator) to fix a
problem with the worm catcher in HFA16. It's a pretty stable configuration.
if you try to make the jump from FP2 to NGX, you're going to feel lost for
quite awhile.
Ray
> You're running NG FP2 at the moment, upgrading to NGX in 9-12 months. Your
> immediate issue is understanding what you have installed right now. NG AI
> Man l and ll use the R55 hfa12 build, a fair bit different from your
current
> install. A good training centre and instructor will be able to help you
with
> the differences between the course and your site. I suggest doing those
> courses, at this stage the courseware for NGX l and ll are in a state of
> flux, new revisions should be out in the new year.
> Summing up: sit NG AI Man l and ll *now*, sit the NGX 1 when you upgrade
> next year.
>
> Wayne McGlinn
> Brisbane, Oz
>
> > Following the departure of a staff member, I find myself with minimal
> > experience of, but responsibility for, a clients' Checkpoint firewall.
> > This is FP2, but an upgrade to the latest version is planned for 9-12
> > months time and I need to be able to cope with both.
> >
> > I have been offered some training by my company, but am trying to figure
> > out what will best help me both with supporting what we have now _and_
> > with what we'll be upgrading to.
> >
> > Training centres offer courses on NG-AI (I, II & III - I could probably
> > get the first two, as they seem to be about the firewall and vpn
> > respectively) and correspondingly NGX I, II & III, with what looks like
an
> > "upgrade" course for parts I & II combined, for CCSE certified people.
> >
> > I am not sure how NG-AI mentioned in training brochures relates to what
we
> > have, would it be better to take the courses for NG-AI and try to get
the
> > upgrade course a bit further down the line, or would the NGX course
allow
> > me to get to grips with what we have now.
> >
> > I should add that the environment is fairly stable, with just a very few
> > rulechanges required occasionaly (1 every other month?), and no vpn
> > changes for several months AFAIK. The main reason we're uncomfortable is
> > if any troubleshooting was required.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark Davies
> >
>
>
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