Pix Firewall

Hi Chetan,

You may wish to investigate Cisco PIX Hardware Troubleshooting:

Hope this helps.

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Thanks Brad.

But i didnt get any of this messages .

My PIX is just hand up on Starting and even cant be seen on Console.

Can you plz tell me the process to enter in safe mode

Thanks Chetan

BradReese.Com=AE - Leverage Your Cisco Network wrote:

- try a reboot

- check the power supply connections

- check to be sure routing is working at the next hop

- check to see if your ISP made any changes

Thank Walter

I tried rebooting it nothing comes on Console Screen

LIght status is Power UP Act DOWN Network UP(Blinking)

I think can it be Hardware Failure.

How can i reset PIX506E to default?

Thansk Chetan

Walter Robers> > >I have PIX 506e running as gateway firewall and suddenly in morning it

If you do not get any console messages then either you have a problem with the console connection or else the device is pretty far gone. You can't go into safe mode until after the device starts putting out boot messages.

Check the output voltages of the power supply. Check the fuse on the device if there is one. Check the console cable.

Thanks Walter

Let me do that

After that i willbe Pingin again wih the results

Thanks Chetan

Walter Robers> > >Thanks Brad.

Finally,

I am getting messages on Console Now.

Thanks Walter

I used a new Power cable and new power supply location.

Hurrey Pix is working

Thanks All for your efforts.

Chetan

Its me agin

My PIX506 E is really creating problems now.

As if now it started and functioning also but after 2-3 minutes it stops responding is there anything i can do about it.

Thanks Chetan

I've seen that happen due to power problems, or due to overheating.

It could also happen on a very busy system if the system runs out of memory -- but if it is happening after 2-3 minutes then it is more likely to be a hardware problem.

I have the same problem with one of our boxes. The reason was a shielding failure in one of the ethernet cables. This caused a potential difference which prohibits startup.

Remove all cables and reboot. It might take serveral minutes (up to half an hour) to get the pix up again, if one of the capacities on the mainboard are broken. (We have both problems on this machine together.)