Cisco ASA – L2TP over IPSEC VPN
KB ID 0000571 Problem Note: This is for Cisco ASA 5500, 5500-x, and Cisco Firepower devices running ASA Code. When Cisco released version 7 of the operating system for PIX/ASA they dropped support for the firewall acting as a PPTP VPN device. Note: If you want to use PPTP you can still terminate PPTP VPNs on a Windows server, if you enable PPTP and GRE Passthrough on the ASA. But if you want to use the native Windows VPN client you...
vSphere ESX – Configure Buffalo Terastation 5000 as an iSCSI Target
KB ID 0000899 Problem This little NAS box is a cheap way of adding a large amount of storage. Below I’m going to configure it as an iSCSI target, then connect my ESX5 host to it. I’m not setting up any CHAP authentication, but I’ll show you where it’s configured, if you want to deploy yours a little more securely. Also it’s considered good practice to separate your storage network traffic, from your...
Cisco ASA 5500 – Configuring PPPoE
KB ID 0000831 Problem Until very recently I’d never had to configure PPPoE. Most of my clients in that sort of connection speed range have ADSL with a router provided by their ISP. A Router that connects via PPPoA usually. Here in the UK the main ISP’s (BT and Virgin) are busy rolling out FTTC connections that terminate with a ‘modem’ that presents an RJ45 socket. So without the need for a router, you can get...