Enabling Cisco DNS Lookup (ASA and IOS)
May13

Enabling Cisco DNS Lookup (ASA and IOS)

Cisco DNS Lookup KB ID 0000969  Problem For the most part, devices are more concerned with IP and MAC addresses, but the devices do have the ability to translate those IP addresses using DNS. Solution : Cisco DNS Lookup How to Enable Cisco DNS Lookup on  ASA As ASA is ‘My Thing’ I will start with that. 1. Connect to the ASA, log in and go to enable mode, and then global configuration mode. Type help or ‘?’ for...

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Cisco Firewalls Changing the Web Management Port
Nov17

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....

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Cisco ASA5500 Change the AnyConnect Port
Nov17

Cisco ASA5500 Change the AnyConnect Port

KB ID 0000422  Problem AnyConnect runs over TCP port 443 (That’s HTTPS/SSL), but if you only have one public IP and need to forward that port to a web server or internal host then you are a bit snookered. You can of course change the port that AnyConnect runs over, so that it’s no longer on TCP port 443. Why you would NOT want to do this. Bear in mind that https is a well known port, and its open in most places for secure...

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