Cisco ASA AnyConnect VPN ‘Using ASDM’
Jan17

Cisco ASA AnyConnect VPN ‘Using ASDM’

KB ID 0000069 Problem Note: This is for Cisco ASA 5500, 5500-x, and Cisco Firepower devices running ASA Code. Below is a walk through for setting up a client to gateway VPN Tunnel using a Cisco Firepower ASA appliance. This was done via the ASDM console. The video was shot with ASA version 9.13(1) and ASDM 7.13(1). Suggestion: If you are setting this up for the first time, I would suggest setting it up to use the ASA’s LOCAL...

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Cisco – Testing AAA Authentication (Cisco ASA and IOS)
Apr17

Cisco – Testing AAA Authentication (Cisco ASA and IOS)

KB ID 0001175  Problem I always forget the syntax for this, and I’ve been meaning to publish this for a while so here you go. If you have AAA setup and people can’t log in, then the ability to test authentication against a user’s username and password is a good troubleshooting step! Usually I’m on a Cisco ASA but I’ll tag on the syntax for IOS as well.   Solution Cisco ASA Test AAA Authentication From...

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Windows  Accessing a Share Error – “You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network”
Nov17

Windows Accessing a Share Error – “You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network”

KB ID 0000991  Problem I hadn’t seen this myself but it was asked in a forum the other day so I replicated it on the test bench. You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again. or You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. If joining a domain, go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and...

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Windows Crashes and Reboots when Unlocked
Nov17

Windows Crashes and Reboots when Unlocked

KB ID 0000145  Problem This is seen on Windows 7 Clients, when logged onto a domain, after unlocking the machine. If you inspect the Event Log you will see Event ID 1015 “A critical system process, C:Windowssystem32lsass.exe, failed with status code 255. The machine must now be restarted.”   Solution I put up with this for a while, and did a lot of Internet searching, some people suggested power settings and a host of...

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Set Cisco ASA for Kerberos Authentication
Nov17

Set Cisco ASA for Kerberos Authentication

KB ID 0000039 Problem You want to set up a Cisco ASA to authenticate users (VPN access for example). Solution Kerberos can only be used as an authentication protocol on the ASA, so its fine for allowing VPN connections but not for assigning policies etc. To work both the ASA and the domain need to be showing accurate time. Step 1: Set the ASA to get time from an External NTP Server 1. Log onto the ASA > Go to “Enable...

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