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Posted by Christoph Hanle on May 29, 2006, 5:07 am
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can someone explain me the differnces between a PIX and an ASA, especial a PIX 515E/R and an ASA 5510 plus. I understand, that the ASA has the full functionality of a PIX plus SSL-Gateway and the option of installing SSMs. I have the problem to combine and expand our PIX based network with a watchguard and soho-router based network. In the first step i will replace the 2port Watchguard on the other mainoffice with a PIX or ASA with minimal 3 NICs to implement among other things a DMZ, site-to-site VPN and the possibility for the use of the Cisco VPN-Client. If I understand the description of the ASA, I can solve it with the ASA in the same way as with a PIX and the implementation and funktion of the PIX OS 7.1x should be the same on both machines for this need. Is this correct, or can i run into trouble ? If i see the pricedifference between a PIX and an ASA, i would prefer an ASA ( i have a not verified offer where the ASA5510 plus is cheaper than a PIX 515E/R, and on the ASA i have 5 ports) hope someone can give me more information bye Christoph | |||||||||||||
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Posted by www.BradReese.Com on June 1, 2006, 1:49 pm
Please log in for more thread options The Cisco Pix is considered old technology, and though it has not been end-of-life'd, it is not actively being pushed as their recommended solution. This is because today organizations are faced by what are called blended threats that can only be addressed with multi-functional type technology provided by the ASA series solution. You will also find that a PIX cost MORE than the better ASA technology solution - this is an incentive to move toward ASA. The user can enable or disable what technology they do not want to use - though they should use them all. Andrew R. Reese, Security Expert http://www.bradreese.com/andrew-r-reese.htm Hope this helps. Sincerely, Brad Reese BradReese.Com - Cisco Network Engineer Directory http://www.bradreese.com/network-engineer-directory.htm 1293 Hendersonville Road, Suite 17 Asheville, North Carolina USA 28803 USA & Canada: 877-549-2680 International: 828-277-7272 Fax: 775-254-3558 AIM: R2MGrant Website: http://www.bradreese.com/contact-us.htm | |||||||||||||
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