Thorin
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Cisco PIX 501 - reset to default?
Howdy Experts!
I recently found a Cisco PIX 501 Firewall at a garage sale (for only $1) and brought it home. It appears to work fine, but I would like to reset it to factory defaults. Is there some special combination of buttons I can push to accomplish this? The documentation refers to the config pages....but I don't know the device's IP address or any passwords that might be on it.
Thanks in advance!
-Thorin
I recently found a Cisco PIX 501 Firewall at a garage sale (for only $1) and brought it home. It appears to work fine, but I would like to reset it to factory defaults. Is there some special combination of buttons I can push to accomplish this? The documentation refers to the config pages....but I don't know the device's IP address or any passwords that might be on it.
Thanks in advance!
-Thorin
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Okay....I got a console cable, connected it, and now I am talking to the device. One down!
So now I have gone back to the document you first posted...and I am stuck on the TFTP stuff. I have gotten the connection going, set up my TFTP server, and uploaded the file. But it stops there. In the document you reference (under "PIX without a floppy drive") it stops at step #10 - I never get the prompt described in step #11. HyperTerminal shows "Received 110592 bytes" but nothing happens after that. Is there some 'execute' command I need?
I am a little concerned I am using the wrong reset file. When I boot the device, the terminal session shows "Embedded BIOS version 4.3.200" so I assumed that meant I want "nppix.bin". Is that the right way to determine the version?
Thanks for all your help on this.
-Thorin
So now I have gone back to the document you first posted...and I am stuck on the TFTP stuff. I have gotten the connection going, set up my TFTP server, and uploaded the file. But it stops there. In the document you reference (under "PIX without a floppy drive") it stops at step #10 - I never get the prompt described in step #11. HyperTerminal shows "Received 110592 bytes" but nothing happens after that. Is there some 'execute' command I need?
I am a little concerned I am using the wrong reset file. When I boot the device, the terminal session shows "Embedded BIOS version 4.3.200" so I assumed that meant I want "nppix.bin". Is that the right way to determine the version?
Thanks for all your help on this.
-Thorin
It does sound like you have the wrong version file..
Let the pix boot up and at the prompt:
pixfirewall>sho ver
This should show you which version you are running. 6.x
Let the pix boot up and at the prompt:
pixfirewall>sho ver
This should show you which version you are running. 6.x
ASKER
Wahoo! That was it....wrong version. Once I got the right one, resetting the passwords was a snap. Thank you so much for your help. Once again experts exchanges makes it look like I know what I am doing!!!
:-)
-Thorin
:-)
-Thorin
hi Thorin
Glad you got working - I suggest you split the points on this Q as it was a dual effort!
If you are happy to do so - Lrmoore can reopen the Q or you could open a question with Community Support.
cheers
Glad you got working - I suggest you split the points on this Q as it was a dual effort!
If you are happy to do so - Lrmoore can reopen the Q or you could open a question with Community Support.
cheers
ASKER
Oh! You are right! I did not even notice there were two of you on this. I apologize!
I suppose the argument could be made that you provided the answer to the original question in your first link. However, without lrmoore's information about the console cable and the version, I would never have gotten there. A point split sounds fair to me....
lrmoore, can you make this point split change?
I suppose the argument could be made that you provided the answer to the original question in your first link. However, without lrmoore's information about the console cable and the version, I would never have gotten there. A point split sounds fair to me....
lrmoore, can you make this point split change?
ASKER
Great, thanks again!
-Thorin
-Thorin
Thanks!
Good job - cheers
ASKER
How do I connect to it to do this? I don't know the IP to connect via telnet or HTTP. Do I need the 'console' cable? Many devices I have seen have a way to hold down the power and press a reset or something. This device doesn't have that?
-Thorin