Posted in Cisco on November 14th, 2007 No Comments »
There’s probably a ‘proper’ way Change the IP address of your Cisco asa5505 endpoints.
I have no idea what it is. Why does Cisco make routine maintenance tasks difficult? Oh well.
Here’s the way I do it, which I think is really straightforward and easy. It’s basically these steps:
Download the complete configuration text file […]
Posted in Cisco on July 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
You should set a password on your Cisco ASA 5505 even if you don’t have remote management set up. If a computer inside your network gets hacked, it could be used to gain access to the firewall.
To set the enable password on your Cisco ASA 5505:
Get into the command line. I prefer […]
Posted in Cisco on June 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Even your Cisco ASA5505 can have a DMZ, though not a full one. With the base license you can create another interface and vlan, but you must restrict traffic from that interface to another.
Below I’m going to tell you how to set up a DMZ on your Cisco ASA5505. All I needed for […]
Posted in Cisco on April 18th, 2007 No Comments »
I kind of hate you Cisco.
I have a firewall. It’s good practice to set that device to have a static IP. If you do this using the ASDM, systems behind the firewall will suddenly not be able to connect to the internet. At all. This is because you don’t have a […]
Posted in Cisco on January 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
If you are like me, you tend to click things just to see how they work. Sometimes they don’t work. At all. If you’ve mucked up the IP, vlan, etc settings and the Cisco ASDM can’t get into the device, it’s time for more desparate measures.
There is a button on the back […]