I am new to the Cisco PIX 501. I am having difficulty setting it up on my highspeed cable connection. Running Cisco PIX 501 Version 6.3.3
Bascially it's like this: Cisco was config'd to our network information at work. I brought it home and ran a hyperterminal to it. Once connected I ran the 'write erase' command. this as I understand it sets everything back to factory. I then entered 'reload' and the PIX rebooted. Once it was back up It asked me if I wanted to config through interactive prompts... i said yes and set a domain name, inside ip address (192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0) and a host name.
Now there are 2 issues:
1) the PIX will not pick up the current dynamic IP set to me from the ISP. (tried straight through and X-Over cables from PIX to modem) Confused: The 'Getting Started' Guide tells me that by default (straight from the box or set to factory) nothing from the outside will flow through to the inside. BUT some online documentation says that by default the outside interface is set as a DHCP client and that the 'out of the box' config should be fine 'as it is' for SOHO environemnts, it also says that the only reason that you want to configure the pix outside of the defaults is in the case of special environments like setting up VPN's etc. ?? 2)The biggy: I CANNOT connect to the https://192.168.1.1/startup.html.What I have tried: a. Cabling: X-Over and striaght from PC to PIX ports 1-4 b. Checking the LEDs on the pix to ensure connection, there is a solid green on the interface that my pc is connected to. Also when i pull that cat5 XP tells me there is a cable unplugged so I know the connection is there. c. Making sure that my browser can view ssl pages. it can, i also disabled Norton Internet Security (just in case) d.The PC is set to obtain IP automatically. I had to later go back to the PIX through Hyperterminal and setup an inside DHCP pool because the PIX wasn't doing by 'factory default'. IPCONFIG /release /renew = IP from PIX. OK. so I should be able to get to that https://192.168.1.1/startup.html now right? Wrong!What the f*?# am I missing here!
Sorry for the long post.
Any help would be great. Thanks Tony