topic Re: PIX IOS on a PC?? in Network Security

PIX IOS on a PC??

jdepies — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:43:52 GMT

I have seen several individuals trying to sell a PC running the PIX IOS software on ebay. Is this possible?

It sounds odd but I guess if you could get compatible drivers for the hardware its do-able. I am curious if anyone here has seen it, or tried it.

Thanks

Jeff

Re: PIX IOS on a PC??

mostiguy — Wed, 07 May 2003 22:42:11 GMT

All Pixen are just pcs. They all have intel cpus.

You can build your own pix 520 with a certain intel motherboard and intel nics. The problem is that buying the 16MB flash card to run PIX OS > 5.2, IIRC, is 800ish US. The total cost of the project would be more than a used 501 or 506. A pix 520 with the 2MB flash card cannot run any pix os from the last 18+ months. Caveat Emptor

The appeal is building a frankenpix (the community name for em) is for people who want to play with > 2 interfaces and failover, if they are hardcore about studying for the CCSP or Cisco Firewall Specialist designations.

Cisco has not taken a dim view of hobbyists creating these. If you were to use one in a production business network however, they would probably come to your house, rough you up and rearrange your furniture.

Re: PIX IOS on a PC??

jdepies — Wed, 07 May 2003 23:08:26 GMT

interesting. Why do you need the flash card, is there no way to use the hard drive instead?

Jeff