Pix 501 port forwarding and failing over

[mohammad10]

Hi,

I have am a complete beginner with the pix 501 box. We currenty have two sites running a vpn via the pix 501 boxes.

Firstly, our internet connection goes down appox every 2 hours, the only way restablish the internet connection is to reboot the pix and within a few seconds the internet connection is back up. I have no idea why this is being caused.

Secondly we at present use pop3 for our mail, provided by our isp. We are in the process of installing exchange 2003 at our office, along with OWA, so what do i need to do in terms of the Pix config.

Thanks for all your help

MO

[jackko]

for password recovery:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_password_recovery09186a008009478b.shtml

as mentioned in my previous post, please read the doc above for performing password recovery. it helps you to reset the password and yet keep the existing config. however, you may need to do it after hours, as it requires reboot of the pix.

[pwicks]

Since you lose connectivity after two hours and the default xlate timeout is three hours, that might be your issue. After you obtain the password, try lowering the timeout settings on the pix. Try cutting them by half and monitor the users for connectivity issues. I would halve the full and half-closed connections also.

timeout xlate 1:30:00

timeout conn 0:30:00 half-closed 0:05:00

[mohammad10]

Hi Jackko,

I tried opening this link to show me how to recover the password, but i cant access it, would you mind emailing it to me pls, mahmad10@yahoo.co.uk

cheers

m

[jmia]

Here you go:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/110/34.shtml

Jay