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Is it possible to do a lan to lan vpn (ipsec) from a pix 501 using a dynamic ip address on the outside interface. To a cisco 3030 concentrator.
Hi,maybe this has been rasied previously. After modifying the crypto settings on an existing IPSEC tunnel (like removing a crypto peer and adding a new one), the Ethernet interfaces just freeze, and only the console responds, and the PIX should be re...
I need to change license key with new added feature support. How can i Change license key on PIX 515 running version 6.2(2)Thanks
I am having trouble syncing an external time server to our VPN Concentrator running image vpn3000-3.6.1.Rel-k9.bin.The time server is 140.142.16.34 (bigben.cac.washington.edu). We also seem to be having a DNS resolution problem as well, but one probl...
According to Cisco the Pix 501 has 10M throughput for clear text. I have purchased a 501 with 3DES license bundled together. I'm not using any encryption but I only seem to get 1.5M throughput as if I were using 3DES. Is there any way I can change th...
I set up a PPTP connection. I can connect with out any problem but I cannot browse the network. Here is my configuration: PIX Version 6.2(2) nameif ethernet0 outside security0 nameif ethernet1 inside security100 enable password **moderator edit** enc...
Resolved! PIX 515 and IDS
I was told that the PIX 515E Firewall is capable of BLOCKING malicious attack such as Dinal Of Service attack. I was told again by CA engineers that there are NO product out there that's capable of blocking attacks but instead notify the administrato...
Hello,DECNet will soon have to traverse my firewall.Any issues and things to look out for.
How do you create an alias command in PIX. Cisco router 2600 would be alias exec "name of new command" "syntax of command". What is the equivalent to this for the PIX 520 firewall?
Hi there, I have a client using Cisco Small Network Solutions and integrating with HP Openview NMM 6.2. The bundled RME version is 3.3 which does not support Catalyst 4000 Supervisor Enginee III (WS-C4014) module. Would u suggest me a method to solve...
How do I config. the PIX 506e to prevent my users from using MSN messager
Twice now, one of my PIX 520s has not allowed new ssh or telnet sessions and displayed the following message on the syslog server: %PIX-4-315005% SSH session limit exceeded. Connection request from #.#.#.# on interface _interfacename_I think I unders...
I have recently moved my PIX to a cyber center, change the internal ip and subnet and external ip and subnet, change the ACL and static entry to reflect the address change but the ACL still doesn't work can anyone help on this?I have outside addresse...
Hello:I have a working VPN config on my 515 (6.2.2) and can tunnel from a host with a valid external IP with no problem. But, with a NAT'd client, nothing seems to work.I am using TACACS to authenticate after using a group password. Here's the succes...
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