Re: Cisco Pix 501

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From: Stuart Mackie [MCP, MSP] (newsgroups_at_--REMOVE_THIS-NO_SPAM--stu.uk.com)
Date: 12/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:02:45 -0000

Oops, sent too early :)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/prod_configuration_examples_list.html

Learning IOS will take you some time and there also a wide variety of
configuration options.

To start with, you should be able to use the web interface to get everything
up and running, including the VPN settings. Then as you become more
comfortable with the command line, altering the configuration will be
easier. There is also another set of configuration documents available once
you get your user account on cisco.com 

-- 
Hth,
Stuart Mackie [MCP, MSP]
www.stu.uk.com
"Bill Lehman" <Bill_Lehman_fumc@verizon.net> wrote in message 
news:BDE1B598.1F5C%Bill_Lehman_fumc@verizon.net...
> Thanks Stuart,
>    Do you know where you found the documentation on the ISO?  Is there a
> particular trusted source? Or should I go straight to Cisco?
>
> On 12/10/04 6:23 PM, in article OMmni9w3EHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
> "Stuart Mackie [MCP, MSP]" <newsgroups@--REMOVE_THIS-NO_SPAM--stu.uk.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill.  I have a number of Cisco Routers and Firewalls including the 
>> Pix
>> and have been really happy with them.  In terms of your requirements the 
>> Pix
>> will accommodate the VPN and should integrate with Win2k3 (I haven't any
>> experience of setting this up, but it is possible with the Cisco VPN
>> client).  The Cisco VPN client can be configured to load and connect
>> pre-login so that when the user carries out the normal Windows logon, 
>> they
>> are already connected to the remote network for authentication etc.
>>
>> Cisco products for the most part use IOS which is command line driven. 
>> Most
>> products have a basic web interface, with the Pix range and the Aironet
>> range generally being better than the web interface provided on the 
>> routers.
>> Ideally you get the most flexibility using the command line to configure 
>> the
>> Pix, but if you have no experience with Cisco's IOS then it could take 
>> some
>> time before you would be fully comfortable with it.  The only issue
>> therefore of using the Pix products is the learning curve.
>

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