topic Re: PIX Interface Admin Down, Line Protocol Up in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-interface-admin-down-line-protocol-up/m-p/1061135#M896565 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Eddie,</P><P></P><P>Yes, you are correct. The ethernet2 interface has L2 connectivity, but the interface is administratively shut down, so it is not passing any traffic. When you manually bring the interface up, you will see the status change to Up/Up.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>-Mike</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:33:42 GMT robertson.michael 2008-09-11T14:33:42Z PIX Interface Admin Down, Line Protocol Up https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-interface-admin-down-line-protocol-up/m-p/1061134#M896564 <P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I'm currently seeing interface ethernet2 on my pix 515e as Admin Down, Line Protocol Up.</P><P></P><P>Could someone pls explain why a PIX does this?? Is it just because its detecting layer 2 connectivity?? </P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:43:00 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-interface-admin-down-line-protocol-up/m-p/1061134#M896564 edsantos1 2019-03-11T13:43:00Z Re: PIX Interface Admin Down, Line Protocol Up https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-interface-admin-down-line-protocol-up/m-p/1061135#M896565 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Eddie,</P><P></P><P>Yes, you are correct. The ethernet2 interface has L2 connectivity, but the interface is administratively shut down, so it is not passing any traffic. When you manually bring the interface up, you will see the status change to Up/Up.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P></P><P>-Mike</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:33:42 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-interface-admin-down-line-protocol-up/m-p/1061135#M896565 robertson.michael 2008-09-11T14:33:42Z