## Firewall transparency Hi, I have1 Checkpoint 1600 SMB appliance. For the moment they want to connect it in a way that it doesnt disturb the network since the internet provider's router is the one that distributs DHCP for all the network and it does layer 3. How can i configure the firewall so it can be put between the router and the client switches without disturbing the network infrastructure (IPs, routes, vlan)? On the top you have the origial structure on the bottom i how i want it to be. Labels - Labels: - [Appliance](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/forums/filteredbylabelpage/board-id/smb-smp/label-name/appliance) - [NAT](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/forums/filteredbylabelpage/board-id/smb-smp/label-name/nat) - [Routing](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/forums/filteredbylabelpage/board-id/smb-smp/label-name/routing) 0 Kudos [Click here to give kudos to this post.](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/forums/v5/forumtopicpage.kudosbuttonv2.kudoentity:kudoentity/kudosable-gid/169783?t:ac=board-id/smb-smp/message-id/8140/thread-id/8140&t:cp=kudos/contributions/tapletcontributionspage&ticket=dbxI5jaYYc-f_-1 "Click here to give kudos to this post.") 1 2 3 4 5 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 [Reply](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/169783) - [All forum topics](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/bd-p/smb-smp/page/73 "Spark Firewall (SMB)") - [Previous Topic](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Quantum-Spark-1600-Policy-Based-Routing/td-p/139267 "Quantum Spark 1600 Policy Based Routing") - [Next Topic](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Regarding-log-storage-of-SMB-appliance/td-p/170041 "Regarding log storage of SMB appliance") 1 Solution Accepted Solutions [PhoneBoy](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7) Admin ‎2023-01-3106:59 AM [Show option menu](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/169783# "Show option menu") - Mark as New - Bookmark - Subscribe - Mute - [Subscribe to RSS Feed](https://community.checkpoint.com/rss/message?board.id=smb-smp&message.id=8141) - [Permalink](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/169788/highlight/true#M8141) - [Print](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/forums/forumtopicprintpage/board-id/smb-smp/message-id/8141/print-single-message/true/page/1) - [Report Inappropriate Content](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/notifications/notifymoderatorpage/message-uid/169788) [Jump to solution](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/169788#M8141) Create a bridge between the LAN and WAN. Refer to: [https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/SMB\_R81.10.05/AdminGuides/Locally\_Managed/EN/Content/Topics/Con...](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/SMB_R81.10.05/AdminGuides/Locally_Managed/EN/Content/Topics/Configuring-Local-Network.htm?Highlight=bridge%20mode) [View solution in original post](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/169788#M8141) [2\\ \\ \\ Kudos](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/kudos/messagepage/board-id/smb-smp/message-id/8141/tab/all-users "Click here to see who gave kudos to this post.") 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The firewall is recieving a private IP from the provider and we have to keep that same IP range for the internal network. Is there any way to configure just to analyze the trafic? 0 Kudos [Click here to give kudos to this post.](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/forums/v5/forumtopicpage.kudosbuttonv2.kudoentity:kudoentity/kudosable-gid/170228?t:ac=board-id/smb-smp/message-id/8140/thread-id/8140&t:cp=kudos/contributions/tapletcontributionspage&ticket=dbxI5jaYYc-f_-1 "Click here to give kudos to this post.") 1 2 3 4 5 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 [Reply](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/169783) [PhoneBoy](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7) Admin ‎2023-02-0307:27 AM [Show option menu](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/169783# "Show option menu") - Mark as New - Bookmark - Subscribe - Mute - [Subscribe to RSS Feed](https://community.checkpoint.com/rss/message?board.id=smb-smp&message.id=8169) - [Permalink](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/170276/highlight/true#M8169) - [Print](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/forums/forumtopicprintpage/board-id/smb-smp/message-id/8169/print-single-message/true/page/1) - [Report Inappropriate Content](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/notifications/notifymoderatorpage/message-uid/170276) [In response to joaoleca](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/170228/highlight/true#M8168) [Jump to solution](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Spark-Firewall-SMB/Firewall-transparency/m-p/169788#M8141) This doesn’t require changing anything on the upstream router. Once the bridge is configured on the 1600, plug the WAN into your existing router and plug the LAN into your other devices. You will have to manually configure an IP on the 1600 on the bridge, which should be in the same network as the rest of your LAN. [1\\ \\ \\ Kudo](https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/kudos/messagepage/board-id/smb-smp/message-id/8169/tab/all-users "Click here to see who gave kudos to this post.") 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