Cisco ASA Questions


Merge two ASA 5510′s into one
We currently have two ASA 5510′s in our environment. One is serving up the VPN endpoint and the other one is the VPN ACL. I needs some assistance in how to merge the two devices together.

Answer Question   |  February 5, 2013  1:57 PM
Cisco, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5510, Firewall, VPN
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5 pts.

Cisco ASA Upgrade
Hi, I’m about to download the latest cisco asa s/ware (8.4.).I’m a bit concerned about installing it as I’ve heard there are NAT problems when it replaces the old version. Anyone any advice? PT

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:44 AM
Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5500, Cisco Firewall, Firewalls
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170 pts.

Configuring SSH in Cisco ASA 5520
how i can configure ssh in cisco ASA 5520?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  11:43 AM
Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5520, Cisco Configuration, SSH Configuration
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5 pts.

rSyslog in Ubuntu 11.4
I have enabled rsyslog on Ubuntu and have my firewall logs going to this system.  They are landing in the syslog file and I want them to go to a unique file such as /var/log/firewall.log.  I have entered the following line in the rsyslog.conf file, but it doesn’t seem to have any affect. if $fromhost-ip [...]

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2011  10:51 PM
Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5520, rSyslog, Ubuntu
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5 pts.

Using iPad 2 to Remote Desktop
Has anyone tried getting an iPad 2 to do remote desktop on a Windows XP pc, through a Cisco Pix (ver.6) router? I know Cisco doesn’t have an iPad client for the Pix because it’s not ASA.

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2011  3:33 PM
Cisco ASA, Cisco PIX, Cisco Routers, iPads, Remote Desktop Connection, Windows XP SP3
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5 pts.

Free IT Book: The Accidental Administrator: Cisco ASA Security Appliance
This week’s free IT book comes with a bonus interview with the author, Don Crawley! Check out what he has to say about the book, the process, and the joys of being an IT-type personality. Then answer one of the questions below and post the link to your answer in the discussion section for your [...]

Answer Question   |  March 24, 2011  2:29 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Cisco ASA, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Don Crawley, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
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6,315 pts.

DMZ Setup with Cisco ASA 5510 and 2 VPN peers
I have an Cisco ASA with one external IP address, and 2 VPN Peers. Now i need to add a web server to the mix. Please tell me how can i accomplish this bearing in mind my existing setup? Thanks,

Answer Question   |  November 12, 2010  3:39 PM
Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5510, DMZ, DMZ Switch, Web servers
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25 pts.

How to configure ASA 5510 with dynamic IP address
I want to configure the Cisco ASA 5510 with my ADSL connection. Adsl conection getting the dynamic IP address from ISP so how can i configure the ASA so i can use site to site connection and vpn client. On site also having ASA 5505 and pix 506 with ADSL connection. Office user also wants [...]

Answer Question   |  November 2, 2010  11:42 AM
ASA, Cisco 5510 configuration, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5510, Cisco Configuration, VPN Client
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5 pts.

Cisco ASA Anyconnect Setup
We are trying to connect HTC Touch Pro 2 devices to the VPN which is Cisco ASA.  I am getting the following error on the device: The Anyconnect package on the secure gateway could not be located.  You may be experiencing network connectivity issues.  

Answer Question   |  March 2, 2011  2:44 PM
Adaptive Security Appliances, ASA, ASA anyconnect, Cisco ASA, VPN Client
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5 pts.

Cisco ASA 5540 problem
I am facing som problem in ASA 5540. My Problem is that [strong]particular one DNZ zone IP is no pinging from LAN[/strong] [strong]zone[/strong] at approximate ½ an hour. But in this time any DMZ IP is ping that IP. This problem is happen on daily basis. Please help me.

Answer Question   |  August 9, 2010  12:57 PM
Adaptive Security Appliance, ASA, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5540
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55 pts.

Cisco ASA Virtual Image
Hi, I need to do some testing and am looking for a virtual image for Cisco ASA? Any Ideas   Thanks in advance Raj  

Answer Question   |  July 27, 2010  8:45 AM
Adaptive Security Appliances, Cisco, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco ASA, Virtual Image
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550 pts.

Cisco ASA 5505 locking up
What could be the cause of 5 of my Cisco ASA 5505 to lock up. During this time Internet is blocked, you can’t ping it. Once you reload the asa via console cable or powercycle, connectivity is restore. They have the latest IOS and ASA software. They all have static ips and connected to Cisco [...]

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2010  9:43 PM
Cisco, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5505, Cisco security
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5 pts.

CISCO ASA 5505 software update
This may is trivial but I ask it anyway. I found out on the cisco webpage that the cisco asa have a new ASDM and ASA Version. I know how to upload images into the flash, but that is the next step to activate these image plus to get the images?

Answer Question   |  March 12, 2010  10:41 AM
Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5505, Cisco ASA DMZ with DynDNS Host, Cisco ASDM Launcher, Firewalls
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10 pts.

Cisco ASA DMZ with DynDNS Host
Hello everbody, I have set-up my Asa with three VLans (outisde, inside and a DMZ), nearly the same configuration as used in the Cisco Documentation. I have managed to create the NAT and Access rules so I can communicate between the inside and the dmz. But I am not able to manage to get access [...]

Answer Question   |  March 8, 2010  10:20 AM
ASDM, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA DMZ with DynDNS Host, Firewalls
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10 pts.

3G – Creating a S2S VPN when the 3G card uses DHCP and not static?
I have a 3G WIC card (HWIC-3G-GSM) in a Cisco 1841 and need to create an IPSEC tunnel to a Cisco ASA5520 Normally creating a S2S tunnel would be relatively easy if both peers used static IP’s, however my 3G provider uses dynamic addressing. If I try and create an IPSEC S2S VPN peer on a Cisco ASA [...]

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2010  10:19 PM
3G, ASA, Cisco, Cisco 1841, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5520, Firewalls, IP, IPsec, IPsec VPN, Routing, VPN
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55 pts.

Allow cisco asa static nat to microsoft hyper v
We have a Cisco ASA 5510 as our firewall.  I setup a static nat entry one to one  mapping, set up the cisco access-list open rdp 3389.  I am natting a public ip address directly to our ms hyper v image internal private ip.  The hyper v image is on a external network.  The ext [...]

Answer Question   |  February 26, 2010  2:06 AM
Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5510, Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V
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70 pts.

Part number for Cisco ASA5510 256MB memory module
Hello All, Can anybody tell me the part number of 256MB memory module for Cisco ASA5510 Firewall?

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2010  10:29 AM
Cisco, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5510
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15 pts.

Why does my Cisco ASA hang when I enable no NAT statements?
I am using Cisco ASA-55×0 Version 7.2(2) to secure my business network. When I enable the  no NAT statement, the ASA gets hanged. How do I fix this, and why does this happen?

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2010  8:46 PM
Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco ASA, Network security, Networking
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1,545 pts.

ASA 5505 “Prioritize which IP get licenses”
Greetings, Is there a way to prioritze which ip addresses get to use a license for outside internet access?  I have 10 user license and with 10 users, but my servers and printers, etc. are consuming licenses. 

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2009  9:06 PM
ASA 5505 Host Limit reached, Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5500, Firewalls
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20 pts.

ASA vs. Firebox
I have a 150 user network, one main office with majority of users and 5 other branch offices.  15 servers and I use a Firebox 1000 for a firewall, i am gold that I should use a Cisco ASA 5510 for my firewall and management.  Is this the best for the price?

Answer Question   |  November 14, 2009  4:45 PM
Cisco ASA, Cisco ASA 5510, Firewall appliances, Firewalls, Watchguard Firebox, WatchGuard Firebox Edge X55e
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5 pts.