BT Business Hub 3 – And Cisco ASA 5500
KB ID 0000762 Problem Warning: If your ASA is running version 8.3(4) or above you are going to have problems assigning public IP addresses from your allocated BT Range (jump to the bottom of the article for a resolution). You have a pool of public IP addresses and you wish to allocate one of these IP addresses to your Cisco ASA Firewall. Note: This is for customers using BOTH ADSL and BT Infinity Solution For this procedure I was...
Troubleshooting Phase 2 Cisco Site to Site (L2L) VPN Tunnels
KB ID 0000625 Problem It’s been over two years since I wrote Troubleshooting Phase 1 Cisco Site to Site (L2L) VPN Tunnels. I’ve always meant to come back and write the ‘Phase 2’ article but never got around to it. This article is NOT intended to be a ‘fix all” for phase 2 problems, it’s designed to point you in the right direction to locate the source of the problem. Solution Here’s my...
Cisco ASA5500 Update System and ASDM (From CLI)
Do the same from the ASDM KB ID 0000074 Problem Below is a walkthrough for upgrading the OS image and ASDM using CLI, you will need a TFTP server up and running with the files sat in the TFTP servers upload directory. NOTE for updated ASA and ASDM software you need a valid Cisco CCO Login and support contract. For information on Installing and using a TFTP Server CLICK HERE Warning: Before upgrading/updating the ASA to version 8.3 (or...
Cisco ASA5500 Update System and ASDM (From ASDM)
Do the same from command line KB ID 0000073 Problem Below is a walkthrough for upgrading the OS image and ASDM using the ASDM, this method does not require access to a TFTP server. Warning: Before upgrading/updating the ASA to version 8.3 (or Higher) Check to see if you have the correct amount of RAM in the firewall (“show version” command will tell you). This is VERY IMPORTANT if your ASA was shipped before February 2010....
Cisco Firewalls Changing the Web Management Port
Cisco 5500 Changing the ASDM Port Unable to Port Forward HTTPS KB ID 0000268 Problem You want to change the port that the Cisco ASDM runs over, or you are attempting to port forward https/ssl and see the following error Error: ERROR: unable to reserve port 443 for static PAT ERROR: unable to download policy You are trying to port forward (Create a static PAT entry) on a Cisco ASA for port 443 / https. This port is in use by the ASDM....