PIX firewalls interfaces

[johnleeee]

Hi all,

I have question about network interfaces in PIX Classic firewall. It has two interfaces Token Ring

(clasic PCI cards). And I want to remove them and replace with clasic Ethernet cards from PC.

So what about drivers for these cards and will be this possible?

rg

jl

[piseli]

JL,

basicly you do not need drivers for your NIC but the Firewall OS has to support your Fast Ethernet Interface (NIC).

You have to purchase a Cisco PIX Fast Ethernet Interface from your Cisco Vendors. Or just test if the NIC that you have are recoginised by your PIX Firewall.

PIX-1FE ONE 10/100 ETHERNET INTERFACE

PIX-4FE PIX FOUR-PORT 10/100 ETHERNET INTERFACE

PIX-1FE= ONE 10/100 MBPS ETHERNET INTERFACE. RJ45

PIX-1GE-66= SINGLE 66MHZ GIGABIT ETHERNET INTERFACE

PIX-4FE= PIX FOUR-PORT 10/100 ETHERNET INTERFACE

sincerly

Patrick

[johnleeee]

OK Patrick,

I will try some NIC cards.

What about OS on PIX? Should be there some special one? If yes could you recommend me some.

rg

jl

[piseli]

You do not have to install an OS, Cisco uses its own Firewall OS.

You can download it from the cisco Website but need to have a CCO Account to download the image. Do you have a support contract for your PIX Firewall ?

Download page:

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/pix?sort=release

Installation Guide:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094a5d.shtml

sincerly

Patrick

[Sriharshaa Prabhakar]

Hi,

You can try with Intel NIC Cards as these were shipped out with earlier version of PIX Boxes. We have tried with PIX-525 and it actually worked.

Regards,

Sriharshaa Prabhakar

[johnleeee]

All,

thanks for explanation and advice.

Patrik I can download OS for PIX from cisco web so thats OK.

rg

jl