Re: PIX Licensed Connections Limit

[Duncan Sharp <drsharp () pacbell net>]

"Alan R. Young" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Now I am completely stumped!! CISCO has thrown me for a loop.
>
> I just called CISCO customer support and they told me that they will not
> sell me anything until I can get my box inspected and licensed and I
> must buy a smartnet contract.
>
> They told me it would be around $3000, that is going to cost me about
> three times the price of the box. They really do go for the throat.

    That may explain why some offer a PIX 520 with OS 6.2 and (4) NICs for
$2800.

> Then I asked for a product number so I could call back once I had the
> money to pay for the CD, and upon inquiring further the CISCO guy on the
> line told me that no, upon further checking they cannot sell me
> anything, the software is now discontinued !!, NO SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR
> MY PIX 520!!! The phrase the guy used was "it is at END OF LIFE STATUS".

To clarify this misinformation:

The PIX 520 will still be software supported through June 23, 2004 and
    hardware support through June 23, 2006 (~four more years).

    The minimum supported OS for PIX is 5.2 ,
    but this requires 16MB flash in a PIX 520 ( also 515 ).

    To enable more than 1k concurrent connections requires a new license
key.
    You will also need to purchase a software upgrade from 1k to UR
    concurrent sessions. I don't know what the Product number would be
anymore.
    This could be REAL expensive, since the retail cost difference between
    a PIX 520 -1k and -UR was $4,000.

> Am I totally screwed? Is there a third party source that sells the
> upgrade license software?
>
> I am completely stunned... Did I buy a useless paperweight?

> Any suggestions guys?

>

Yours,
Duncan

> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Rinker [mailto:firewall () dsrtech com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 6:19 PM
> To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
> Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] PIX Licensed Connections Limit
>
> Alan,
>
> On the firewall you purchased version 4.4(5), you will need to do the
> following steps after purchasing the license code upgrade from Cisco.
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/prod_installation_
> guide09186a00800f2561.html#32095
>
> You might want to purchase a newer code version with the licenses as you
> are responsible for purchasing the software when you buy hardware from a
> venue like Ebay.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 20:27, Alan R. Young wrote:
> > Hey All
> >
> > I just bought a PIX 520 on ebay.
> >
> > My question is, how can the licensed connections number be changed?
> >
> > Is that a flash rom setting, or what?
> >
> > What do I do to change it to unlimited connections?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Alan Young
> > aryoung () veros com
> >
> >
> > Cisco PIX 520 Firewall PII 350 MHz
> > Model: PIX-520 Rev C0
> > 128 MB Ram
> > Two Ethernet Cards 10/100
> > Floppy Disk Drive
> > PIX Version 4.4(5)
> > Bios v3.3
> > Licensed Connections: 1024
> > This is captured file:
> > Finesse Bios V3.3
> > Booting Floppy
> > Loading from Flash
> > 128MB RAM
> > Flash=AT29C040A @ 0x300
> > mcwa i82559 Ethernet at irq 11  MAC: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > mcwa i82559 Ethernet at irq 10  MAC: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >                                ||        ||
> >                                ||        ||
> >                               ||||      ||||
> >                           ..:||||||:..:||||||:..
> >                          c i s c o S y s t e m s
> >                         Private Internet eXchange
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >                                PIX Firewall
> >
> > PIX Version 4.4(5)
> > Licensed Connections: 1024
> > Maximum Interfaces :  6
> > Global ()will be Port Address Translated
> > Cryptochecksum(unchanged): c60b7852 a9d77cf1 1994b34c 2d9290aa
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> >
> >
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