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ASA 5505 vs. ASA 5510 vs. ASA 5512-X vs. ASA 5515-X

Posted on May 23, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco prepared multiple Cisco ASA firewalls to fit your network of all sizes. ASA 5505 and ASA 5500-X Series (such as the ASA 5505, ASA 5510,ASA 5512-X, and ASA 5515-X) were designed for small and branch offices. To meet specific…

Migrating from Cisco ASA 5500 Series to ASA 5500-X Series

Posted on September 17, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The ASA 5500-X Series was redesigned to address higher performance requirements and increase flexibility when adding new services while maintaining the compact 1-RU form factor. Customers migrating from ASA 5500 Series platforms need to consider these changes at the time…

Create IPv6 LAN-to-LAN VPN Tunnel on Cisco ASAs

Posted on August 23, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

To create a Lan to Lan VPN tunnel on an ASA firewall with IPv6 addressing, what needs to be done? LAN-to-LAN VPNs are typically used to transparently connect geographically disparate LANs over an untrusted medium (e.g. the public Internet). Here…

What Things to be Considered While Upgrading ASA 5500 Series?

Posted on August 13, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

When we upgrade an ASA 5500 firewall from 8.2 version to 8.3 or so, many things we need to list here. So we would like to share some tips about the ASA 5540 Firewall upgrade from the IOS 8.2.1 to…

How to Set up a Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall with a Wireless Router?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

This article is written by Lauren Malhoit talking about setting up a Cisco ASA 5505 firewall with a wireless router focuses on things you might encounter when doing the setup at home. The following detailed story is Lauren Malhoit’s experience…

Site-to-Site IPSEC VPN between Two Cisco ASA 5520

Posted on March 25, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco ASA 5500 Series appliances deliver IPsec and SSL VPN, firewall, and several other networking services on a single platform. Cisco ASA 5520, a member of the Cisco ASA 5500 Series, is shown in Figure 1 below. Figure 1 Cisco…

Cisco Guide: Migration of Cisco PIX 500 Series to Cisco ASA 5500 Series

Posted on September 18, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances deliver a powerful combination of multiple market-proven technologies in a single platform, making it operationally and economically feasible for organizations to deploy comprehensive security services to more locations. Migrate your Cisco PIX…

VLAN Sub-Interfaces on Cisco ASA 5500 Firewall Configuration

Posted on May 25, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

One of the advantages of the Cisco ASA firewall is that you can configure multiple virtual interfaces (subinterfaces) on the same physical interface, thus extending the number of security zones (firewall “legs”) on your network. Each subinterface must belong to a different Layer2…

Cisco ASA 5500 Family, Key Component of the Cisco Secure Borderless Network

Posted on January 11, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances deliver a robust suite of highly integrated, market-leading security services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), enterprises, service providers, and mission-critical data centers- in addition to providing unprecedented services flexibility, modular scalability, feature…

Simple Steps to Connect a Remote Office to Cisco ASA 5510

Posted on October 21, 2011 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Actually, to connect a remote office to a Cisco ASA 5510 is easy and simple. Once you have connected your Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5510 router to your computer, you can connect the router with a remote computer. By…

How to Configure Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall?

Posted on September 9, 2011 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall is the smallest model in the new 5500 Cisco series of hardware appliances. Although this model is suitable for small businesses, branch offices or even home use, its firewall security capabilities are the same as…