Asa 5510

I was recently given a Cisco ASA 5510 (for free!!:)). I know it's a pretty bad arse piece of equipment. My question is, should I even fire this thing up for my CCNA studies or should I just tuck it away for later NP studies? From what I gather it's a VPN/Firewall with failover, can it also be used as a router?

I'm ordering a couple books off of Amazon to learn how to configure it, I'm just wondering if it'll take me too far off topic from CCNA material.

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tiersten

rwwest7 wrote: »

Do all models of the 5505 support SSL VPN connections?

Yes. All the ASAs come with 2 built in SSL-VPN licenses for admin use or evaluation.

rwwest7 wrote: »

Any advice/warnings on the 5505s would be greatly appreciated.

The base unit doesn't support VLANs. If you want to use it with your home network then make sure you get the model with enough "users" to accomodate the devices on your network. Failover is only stateless active/standby. The only module you can add is a AIP-SSC which is more expensive than the ASA5505 itself. I doubt you'll have any problems with the throughput limits on the ASA5505.

ColbyG

rwwest7 wrote: »

Thanks to everyone for the advice! I just put this on ebay for $1250 and it sold in less than 5 minutes. Must've been a good deal I guess. (the person who gave it to me doesn't mind as long as I spend the proceeds on Cisco lab equipment)

Now I just need to figure out the best way to spend the proceeds after Paypal and ebay take their cut. Will be picking up an ASA 5505. Do all models of the 5505 support SSL VPN connections? That's something I really want to learn about. Any advice/warnings on the 5505s would be greatly appreciated.

Nice!

If/when you decide to buy one, let me know. I have a 5505 I've been thinking about selling for awhile. It's an unlimited license.

If you're going to use Dynamips, take some of the money and invest in a server, then spend the rest on a couple 3550s. If you're not using Dynamips go with some 3640s or 2600XMs and get one or two 3550s depending on how much is left over.

ColbyG

IMO, you may want to hold off on the 5505 until it becomes more valuable to you. You won't need it for exams until the CCSP and unless you have a job that requires learning it right now the money might be better spent on R&S gear.