Problems logging into pix 501

[justinspencer]

I'm very new to cisco hardware and was wondering if anyone could help me with this (probably very simple question).

When connecting to my pix via the browser (https://192.168.1.1/startup.html), the browser never gets past the startup screen with the message that says 'loading, please wait'. This leads me to believe that the firewall is rejecting connections from my machine (which is using dhcp to get an ip from the pix).

To get around this, I've been trying to log into the cli using hyperterminal. I can connect and run some basic commands like 'show version', but can't login as a user with any permissions.

If the web interface has a default login of empty & empty, surely the cli should have the same?

Is anyone able to tell me what the default login is so that I can start confguring the pix via the cli?

Thanks in advance.

Justin Spencer.

Please see below for pix info:

Cisco PIX Firewall Version 6.3(3)

Cisco PIX Device Manager Version 3.0(1)

Compiled on Wed 13-Aug-03 13:55 by morlee

pixfirewall up 12 mins 18 secs

Hardware: PIX-501, 16 MB RAM, CPU Am5x86 133 MHz

Flash E28F640J3 @ 0x3000000, 8MB

BIOS Flash E28F640J3 @ 0xfffd8000, 128KB

0: ethernet0: address is 0011.937e.0486, irq 9

1: ethernet1: address is 0011.937e.0487, irq 10

Licensed Features:

Failover: Disabled

VPN-DES: Enabled

VPN-3DES-AES: Enabled

Maximum Physical Interfaces: 2

Maximum Interfaces: 2

Cut-through Proxy: Enabled

Guards: Enabled

URL-filtering: Enabled

Inside Hosts: 10

Throughput: Unlimited

IKE peers: 10

This PIX has a Restricted (R) license.

Serial Number: 808301473 (0x302db3a1)

Running Activation Key: 0xb53be54d 0x26da18f9 0xb2b78cef 0x8fe1abb6

Configuration last modified by enable_1 at 15:36:42.554 UTC Mon Nov 8 2004

pixfirewall>

[Patrick Iseli]

PDM Requirements !

1.) Verify that the browser you are using has the proper Java version.

a.) For Microsoft Internet Explorer, on the Windows system, select Start > Run and type wjview to determine the version (or type wjview at the DOS prompt). Sample output is shown below.

Microsoft (R) VM for Java, 5.0 Release 5.0.0.3802

The last four digits should be 3167 or greater to work with PDM.

2.)Enable the http service and add your hosts IP

http [netmask] [if_name]

http server enable

3.) Be sure that your browser permits popup for your PIX. Spcialy with Windows XP SP2.

4.) Your default login, try: with (no password). You have to create a password otherwise you cannot access it remote.

For ssh the default username will be "pix" with your enable password, but you need first to create a certificate.

Certificate creation:

hostname pix

domain-name yourdomain.com

ca generate rsa key 1024

ca save all

Password settings in this order:

enable

conf t

enable password

passwd

sincerely

Patrick

See this document:

Troubleshooting PIX Device Manager

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094ac1.shtml

sincerely

Patrick

[justinspencer]

Thank you Patrick. I shall try those recommendations.

Justin

[justinspencer]

Thanks for your help Patrick. The problem was the lack of the java vm on my workstation.

It's all sorted now.

[Patrick Iseli · Accepted solution]

long live java.

please mark this as solved, so others will not waste time.

thanks