Is it me or is SDM impossible to get

I just got a Cisco 851 Router and it has SDM express installed on it.

I'm told I can just go to www. cisco. com /go/sdm, click Download Software, select Cisco Router and Security Device Manager.... and get the full SDM

but when I go there it says, "NOTE: there are currently no files for this type.

Is it actually possible for someone that doesn't have a support contract to download SDM?

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Forsaken_GA

odd, getting 403's on posting instructions

To any of the mods, something weird is up - I was getting a 403 saying T.F.T.P. (without the periods) was a bad word. This is surprising because I can't imagine why that would be a bad word, and because my original post didn't have the word in it at all!

Forsaken_GA

ok, let's try this again...

go Shortcut Redirect - Cisco Systems

click on download software, guessing you've already gotten this far

click on SDM Sales Demo. On the next page, there is a link to download the latest version of SDM

I keep a copy on my webserver to nab whenever I need it so I don't have to jump through cisco's hoops

tiersten

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

To any of the mods, something weird is up - I was getting a 403 saying T.F.T.P. (without the periods) was a bad word. This is surprising because I can't imagine why that would be a bad word, and because my original post didn't have the word in it at all!

You've not been able to say T-FTP for ages now.

MachX85

Wow, thanks Forsaken. I'm downloading it now. Isn't it odd that you cant find it under the download page, but its under the Demo page? Oh well, I finally got a copy so I'm happy.

Forsaken_GA

tiersten wrote: »

You've not been able to say T-FTP for ages now.

Odd, never run into it before. But as I said, it was extremely weird that I was getting a 403 for that because initially, the word wasn't present in any form whatsoever.

Forsaken_GA

MachX85 wrote: »

Wow, thanks Forsaken. I'm downloading it now. Isn't it odd that you cant find it under the download page, but its under the Demo page? Oh well, I finally got a copy so I'm happy.

Yeah, it's weird, but Cisco is always moving stuff around, and I think their web team doesn't always double check it's work. Being able to find the information you want on Cisco's web site is it's own kind of voodoo sometimes

tiersten

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

Odd, never run into it before. But as I said, it was extremely weird that I was getting a 403 for that because initially, the word wasn't present in any form whatsoever.

You'd have to ask Johan why it specifically checks for that. There might be other forbidden words as well. T-FTP is the only one that seems to regularly trip people up though because of software upgrades.