5508 X with Bell Home Hub 3000

[ve9gc]

I realize this is overkill for a home office environment, however I want to integrate ASA 5508 X between my Bell Home Hub 3000 Modem / Router and my SG200-50 switch.

I have tried the various cable connections shown in the various documents and I cannot access the 5508.  When I connect the 5508 Gigabit 1/1 connection to cable from the HH 3000 there are no activity lights on the 5508.  Laptop attached to Gigabit 1/2 jack no activity lights and no connection. 

I'm sure I'm missing the obvious.  The HH3000 gateway is 192.168.2.1 and all addressess on the system are either DHCP from the HH3000 via the switch or fixed IP.

Suggestions?

[Roman Valenta]

Hi,

Well, not much details here  but if there is no activity lights after you plug in a Ethernet cable that could be due to ports being shut down via configuration. I would probably first connect via console cable and make sure that the appliance gone through basic configuration.

[Aref Alsouqi]

If the interfaces lights don't turn on then it is most likely they are in shutdown state. As already suggested I would connect through the console port and applying the required configs and then connecting all the cables between the firewall, router, and the switch. You can use the traditional USB > RJ45 console cable or the mini USB console cable.

[ve9gc]

Thank you to both you and @Roman Valenta . I will try your suggestions.  I was just following the directions in the documents that came with device.  Indicatiing to use either CLI or GUI.  It becomes confusing in that it refers to two different ip settings and a third older video video resource I came across shows the FW as 10.10.10.1 and the management PC as 10.10.10.10.

The management PC is old IBM T500 running Win10 Pro.

[ve9gc]

@Aref Alsouqi @Roman Valenta  I have managed to connect using the USB Port and Putty.  When time permits later today or tomorrow I will try the CLI configuration.  Thank you for your assistance.  Certainly wish the included documents covered this

[Aref Alsouqi]

Sounds good. Here is a couple of docs might be helpful:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/hw/maintenance/5508xguide/b_install_guide_5508/m_console.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/quick_start/5508X/asa-5508-5516-gsg/asa.html

[ve9gc]

Well the one document, is the one that was causing the cabling grief.  Now, I just need to fine a good document with the the initial Windows  CLI configuration lines.

[Aref Alsouqi · Accepted solution]

From Windows perspective you can use any emulator such as Putty, Xshell, SecureCRT etc and set the terminal settings as shown in step 6 in the first link.

[ve9gc · Accepted solution]

That part I have.  Putty all set and talking to the device, I'll will start the initial configuration this weekend.