First time Cisco... must set up PIX 1

[jenlion]

Hi, I must set up a Pix 520 firewall on my network. Currently there is a simple Netopia router that only does NAT. The company acquired a pix 520 and decided I should install it. I have plenty of experience with other brands like watchguard and sonicwall, but I have very little Cisco experience.

Hurtle #1 is connecting to the thing. I have a cable with RJ45 connectors, and one RJ45-serial connector (my understanding is that I should have 2 of these). I have a similar null modem cable with RJ11 connectors, seems to me it should communicate that way as well??

What do I use to communicate with it? Telnet? What address? Tried hyperterminal with Com1 and got nothing, but I have no idea if I'm going about this right.

I can go get another RJ45-serial connector if that's what I need, but I'd like some idea of what the first goal here would be, since I've hardly touched Cisco equipment before. Is there a good place to go to read the basics?

Thanks

 

[haknwak]

jenlion - Get a CCO login at

http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do

the basics on connecting a PIX using hyperterminal, tftp and the works is here

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/pix_v51/config/config.htm#xtocid2

 

[jenlion]

Thanks very much -- that's what I was looking for. I got a login earlier today but was having a hard time finding the rest of it.

Thank you!