In order to make changes on the ASA you have to enter the configuration mode which is done by the ‘configure terminal’ command. ‘show curpriv’ shows that you are at level 15, the highest priviledge. If you again type a question mark you will note that you have access to a lot more commands compared to the unpriviledged mode. Now you are in priviledged or enable mode.
Config cisco asa 5505 password#
Press enter or type “cisco” at the password prompt, it should be blank by default. In order to go to the priviledged mode you type enable. ‘show curpriv’ for example lets you know that you are at priviledge level 1 which doesn’t really grant you much access. You can ping other devices and have a few show commands at your disposal.
This is a mode where your access is limited, if you type a question mark you will see that you only have a few commands available. The “>” character lets you know that you have entered the asa in unpriviledged mode. If it’s a used device you might be prompted for a username and password, if you don’t have it you can perform a password reset. Set your COM port to 9600 bauds and connect through Putty or another console application. If you don’t have any other way of accessing the device you can reach it through the console port. However overall the configuration is the same on all ASA platforms. Aside from the appliances you also have the ASA services module which you can use in a Catalyst 6500 switch, on those the interfaces are also configured differently. For the other ASA appliances the names of the interfaces will differ, i.e fastethernet or gigabitethernet. The main difference is the baby ASA, or 5505 which is a quietish table top device, where you configure vlan interfaces instead of physical interfaces. There are a few different ASA models, however in terms on configuration they are mostly the same. Though the ASA can do a lot of things, in this post I will cover the basics such as how you set it up and connect the device to the Internet. The ASA is Ciscos firewall or VPN device. Another reason is that people just haven’t taken the time to get familiar with firewalls. I think some of this comes from the fact that “it’s not a router”.
Config cisco asa 5505 series#
For more information about the configuration register, see the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Command Reference.Even with people who work in networking, as soon as you say the word “firewall” a lot of people tend to stare at that far away place that only exists in their minds. The default configuration register value is 0x1.
Step 16 Load the default configuration by entering the following command: Hostname(config)# username name password password Hostname(config)# enable password password Step 15 Change the passwords, as required, in the default configuration by entering the following commands: Step 14 Access the global configuration mode by entering the following command: Hostname# copy startup-config running-config Step 13 Load the startup configuration by entering the following command: Step 12 When prompted for the password, press Enter. Step 11 Access the privileged EXEC mode by entering the following command: You need to do the following to get the startup-config back in place and the register changed: So looked up the reset password for the ASA device and found that the register 0x41 tells the router to ignore the startup configuration.