New 515 IN, need advice.

[Yates76]

Quick question.

My 515 came in with IOS 6.0. A contractor hlping me out wants to downgrade to 5.5 because it is more stable. Is this a good idea? I would think 6.0 would be more stable. What do y'all think?

Thanks!

 

[caryfields]

I'm using 6.0 and it seems fine. But I've never run 5.5.

 

[yizhar]

HI.

I wouldn't downgrade, but maybe upgrade to latest version.

PIX has some hardware problems, that you can read about here:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/770/52.html

Bye
Yizhar Hurwitz

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http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar

 

[Yates76]

Hey,

Uh, yeah, I agree. I did some research, found my serial number SHOULD be okay hardware wise, and found that Cisco does not have any IOS's for download that our contractor wants to go to.

I fear for my PIX. I really, really do.

Anyway, the really smart and longsighted purchasers didn't get the service contract to go with it. I bow to the unstoppable force. Idiots.

Regardless, what is the first thing I should do? Besides, of course, read the online documentation? Isn't there a PIX for Idiots book out there?


Thanks all!

 

[munsonbrown]

Don't forget to add this command

sysopt noproxyarp inside

PIX version 6.0 will have a habit of stopping internal communications without it. Other than that, it should be fine.

 

[yizhar]

Munsonbrown - can you provide more details about this issue?
I did not know about it and did not add this command on some pix 6.0(1) (506 & 515 boxes).

Thanks Yizhar Hurwitz

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http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar