Cisco FTD Site to Site VPN
KB ID 0001681 Problem While working out how to create a VPN on the Cisco FTD (Firepower 1010), I thought I might as well set it up to the Cisco ASA that I have in the Data Center on my test network. This is what I’m connecting; Create Site to Site VPN On Cisco FTD (using FDM) Using a web browser connect to the devices FDM > Site to Site VPN > View Configuration. Create Site-to-site-connection. Connection profile name:...
Remove and Reinstall Microsoft WSUS
KB ID 0001679 Problem I don’t like WSUS, the product is OK (ish) the problem with it is, every time it’s deployed, typically the person it was deployed for never looks after it, or manages it properly, and months/years later it becomes a massive ‘bag of spanners’, which is never the client’s fault, it’s always the poor guy who built it, or the support company’s fault. If you run WSUS, log into...
Configure Cisco FTD Port Forwarding (via FDM)
KB ID 0001680 Problem You have a Cisco FTD device that you manage via FDM, and you would like to setup port forwarding. In the example below I will forward TCP Port 80 (HTTP) traffic from the outside interface of my FTD Device (Firepower 1010) to an internal web server on 10.254.254.212 Solution (Step 1: Create an FTD NAT Policy) Using a web browser connect to the FDM > Polices > NAT > Add. Set the following options; Title:...
Cisco Firepower 1010 (FTD) Initial Setup
KB ID 0001678 If you’re here you’ve either purchased a new Cisco Firepower device running FTD (FirePower Threat Defence) or have re-imaged your Firepower device from ASA to FTD code. On its factory defaults, the unit will have the following settings. Inside IP address (VLAN 1) 192.168.1.1 (on all interfaces from 2 to 8). Outside IP Address set to DHCP in interface 1. Management IP address 192.168.45.1 on the Management...
Reimage Cisco 1010 ASA to FTD
KB ID 0001677 Problem Sorry it’s taken me a while to get round to this, every time I do some work on the firewall I need to kill the internet at home, and I’ve got a wife and two daughters, who live online! So if you follow the site you will know I’ve got a Cisco Firepower 1010 device, and I’ve been looking at it running the ASA code. Now here’s how to ‘re-image’ the device with the FTD...