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Re: PIX Licensed Connections Limit
From: Duncan Sharp <drsharp () pacbell net>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:03:16 -0700
"Alan R. Young" wrote:
Hi Now I am completely stumped!! CISCO has thrown me for a loop. I just called CISCO customer support and they told me that they will not sell me anything until I can get my box inspected and licensed and I must buy a smartnet contract. They told me it would be around $3000, that is going to cost me about three times the price of the box. They really do go for the throat.
That may explain why some offer a PIX 520 with OS 6.2 and (4) NICs for $2800.
Then I asked for a product number so I could call back once I had the money to pay for the CD, and upon inquiring further the CISCO guy on the line told me that no, upon further checking they cannot sell me anything, the software is now discontinued !!, NO SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR MY PIX 520!!! The phrase the guy used was "it is at END OF LIFE STATUS".
To clarify this misinformation: The PIX 520 will still be software supported through June 23, 2004 and hardware support through June 23, 2006 (~four more years). The minimum supported OS for PIX is 5.2 , but this requires 16MB flash in a PIX 520 ( also 515 ). To enable more than 1k concurrent connections requires a new license key. You will also need to purchase a software upgrade from 1k to UR concurrent sessions. I don't know what the Product number would be anymore. This could be REAL expensive, since the retail cost difference between a PIX 520 -1k and -UR was $4,000.
Am I totally screwed? Is there a third party source that sells the upgrade license software? I am completely stunned... Did I buy a useless paperweight?
Any suggestions guys?
Yours, Duncan
Alan -----Original Message----- From: Dave Rinker [mailto:firewall () dsrtech com] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 6:19 PM To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] PIX Licensed Connections Limit Alan, On the firewall you purchased version 4.4(5), you will need to do the following steps after purchasing the license code upgrade from Cisco. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/prod_installation_ guide09186a00800f2561.html#32095 You might want to purchase a newer code version with the licenses as you are responsible for purchasing the software when you buy hardware from a venue like Ebay. Thanks, Dave On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 20:27, Alan R. Young wrote:Hey All I just bought a PIX 520 on ebay. My question is, how can the licensed connections number be changed? Is that a flash rom setting, or what? What do I do to change it to unlimited connections? Thanks Alan Young aryoung () veros com Cisco PIX 520 Firewall PII 350 MHz Model: PIX-520 Rev C0 128 MB Ram Two Ethernet Cards 10/100 Floppy Disk Drive PIX Version 4.4(5) Bios v3.3 Licensed Connections: 1024 This is captured file: Finesse Bios V3.3 Booting Floppy Loading from Flash 128MB RAM Flash=AT29C040A @ 0x300 mcwa i82559 Ethernet at irq 11 MAC: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mcwa i82559 Ethernet at irq 10 MAC: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-----------------------------------------------------------------------|| || || || |||| |||| ..:||||||:..:||||||:.. c i s c o S y s t e m s Private Internet eXchange-----------------------------------------------------------------------PIX Firewall PIX Version 4.4(5) Licensed Connections: 1024 Maximum Interfaces : 6 Global ()will be Port Address Translated Cryptochecksum(unchanged): c60b7852 a9d77cf1 1994b34c 2d9290aa Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Cisco Systems, Inc. _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards_______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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Current thread:
- PIX Licensed Connections Limit Alan R. Young (Apr 16)
- Re: PIX Licensed Connections Limit Dave Rinker (Apr 16)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: PIX Licensed Connections Limit Noonan, Wesley (Apr 16)
- RE: PIX Licensed Connections Limit Alan R. Young (Apr 16)
- RE: PIX Licensed Connections Limit Noonan, Wesley (Apr 16)
- RE: PIX Licensed Connections Limit Alan R. Young (Apr 17)
- Re: PIX Licensed Connections Limit Duncan Sharp (Apr 17)
- RE: PIX Licensed Connections Limit Ahmed, Balal (Apr 17)
- RE: PIX Licensed Connections Limit Sloane, David (Apr 18)