Initial Cluster Configuration

 I am installing Firewall-1 NG AI R55 on SecurePlatform.  I am trying to
get the cluster configuration to work correctly.  I have 2 firewalls and
a separate SmartCenter server.  Individually the firewalls work fine.
When I try to put them in a active/standby HA configuration, I get SLOW
to NO performance.  I believe it may be a topology issue, and I have
tried giving each firewall it's own individual topology as if they were
separate and adding them to a cluster object which has a separate
topology all it's own for it's VIPs, i.e., no IP address is used twice
in the configuration.  I have also tried giving each firewall module the
same topology that I am using for the cluster object, as CheckPoint's
documentation SEEMS to indicate but is not really clear on.  
 
An interesting thing is that from Internal to DMZ performance is fine,
but going externally I'm getting 75% packet loss.
 
Does anyone know the proper topology for this configuration?
 
 

 
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Keith Sherman
Senior Network Engineer
Wilmington Finance, Inc.
Phone: 484-685-1332
ksherman@wnfnet.com
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