VMware Edge Gateway VPN to Cisco ASA
KB ID 0001658 Problem I was asked to setup a VPN to help out a colleague this week. When I had a look, one end turned out to be an Edge Gateway, I wasn’t that concerned, I’d done similar things in my prior role, I just didn’t have access to the vCloud or VMware at this datacenter. Depite my best efforts on the ASA, the tunnel refused to come up, it took a little looking ‘under the covers’ to accurately...
Cisco ASA Site to Site VPN’sSite to Site ISAKMP VPN (Main Mode)
KB ID 0000213 Problem As with most things, before you have a hope of fixing something, you will stand a better chance if you know how it works in the first place. Below is a quick run though of what’s happening with your site to site VPN’s and how they work. For the entire process we will have two Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls and a site to site VPN. Solution What’s an Initiator and a Responder? 1. Our Laptop 192.168.1.50...
Cisco ASA to Juniper SRX Site to Site VPN
KB ID 0000710 Problem You want to establish a site to site VPN from a site with a Cisco ASA firewall, to another site running a Juniper SRX firewall. I had to do this this week, and struggled to find any good information to help. In the example below I’m configuring the whole thing from a laptop (172.16.254.206) that’s on the Juniper’s site. Use the diagram below, and substitute your own IP addresses and subnet...