From: Church, Chuck (cchurch@netcogov.com)
Date: Mon May 09 2005 - 12:08:08 GMT-3
The PIXes don't have any special circuits for handling VPN (except for
larger ones supporting the add-in cards). It's all handled by the same
CPU that handles everything else. So separately testing the VPN
shouldn't be necessary. I'd say that if you can put on a basic config,
and pass packets between all ports, you should be fine. Watch it boot
up once to make sure there are no weird POST errors, and also try
upgrading the OS, to make sure the flash doesn't have any issues being
written to.
Chuck Church
Lead Design Engineer
CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
Netco Government Services - Design & Implementation Team
1210 N. Parker Rd.
Greenville, SC 29609
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
john matijevic
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:13 AM
To: Holmes Holmes
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com; cisco@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: [OT] Testing a PIX before buying one.
Hello Holmes,
"The 506 supports VPN -- assuming all the h/w is working, any
*easy* / quick way to test out such functionality ?"
Answer: I am not so sure there is a easy, quick way to test. There is
still
configuration that needs to be done between two devices to setup a VPN.
Sincerely,
John Matijevic, CCIE #13254
On 5/9/05, Holmes Holmes <iamholmes@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all -
>
> A friend of mine is buying a second-hand PIX 506E. Apart from
> a regular boot up and checking for any errors at start up, is there
> anything else to look out for ? Any other tests that can be done?
> The 506 supports VPN -- assuming all the h/w is working, any
> *easy* / quick way to test out such functionality ?
>
> Appreciate all your replies !
>
> Holmes
>
>
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