Cisco ASA – Find Out VPN Tunnel Uptime
Nov17

Cisco ASA – Find Out VPN Tunnel Uptime

KB ID 0000863  Problem I needed to get the Uptime/Duration of a particular VPN tunnel this week. It was for a client with multiple VPN tunnels that was having problems with just one. Solution Option 1 via Command Line 1. Connect to to the firewall > Go to enable mode and use the following command, replace 123.123.123.123 with the IP of your VPN endpoint. PetesASA> PetesASA> enable Password: ******** PetesASA# show...

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Cisco ASA ASDM – Packet Tracer Wont Work
Nov17

Cisco ASA ASDM – Packet Tracer Wont Work

KB ID 0001051  Problem I don’t usually use the graphical packet tracer tool, but I did this week, and this happened; Following error(s) occurred- packet-tracer input inside {protocol} inline-tag -l {source} {source port} {target} {target port} xml %Invalid input detected at ‘^’ marker Solution Well from CLI it worked fine, so I’m guessing it’s a fault in the ASDM. An Internet/forum search threw up a load...

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Cisco ASA – Changing the Outside IP Address
Nov17

Cisco ASA – Changing the Outside IP Address

KB ID 0001081  Problem I see this question get asked a lot on forums, most people never touch the firewall, ‘if it’s working leave it alone’. And that’s great until you move offices, or get a newer faster (or cheaper) Internet connection. What if you have lots of public IP addresses? What if you have VPN’s (or AnyConnect clients). What’s the best way to do this with a minimum of downtime? Note: If...

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