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PIX Firewall 515E Security Appliance – Can’t Console in
LockedHi Guys,
I’ve a small problem with a set of PIX firewalls that my company has inherited from another company that went outta business. See, i had tried to console into the firewall box, with intentions on finding out the firmware used so that i could upgrade the firmware and in the process, erase all configs and set up the boxes to my company network.
Unfortunately, when i try to console in to both boxes, i don’t see aby output when starting up the PIX firewalk box. Here’s exactly what i had done:
1. Powered down Cisco PIX 515E box
2. Inserted rj45 end of the provided rollover cable (the blue cable that comes with all cisco routers, switches, firewalls)into the console port
3. Inserted the DB9 end of the Rollover cable to my laptop (currently using a DB9 to USB converter from prolific Technology, which i had no difficulty using when configuring the cisco switches in my current network)
4. Set up hyperterminal with the settings (9600 8-N-1).
5. Powered up Cisco PIX firewall
Now, i had expected to at least see something on hyperterminal, but for some reason, it remained blank all the way. And this had occured for both boxes, onh multiple tries. Can someone please help me and tell me if i am doing something wrong (wrong way of connection?) or is it more to a BOX issue? Thanks.
Regards,
Warlocksg