Really need your opinion for this cisco pix 515e 1

[cisco99999]

Hello everyone,

One of my friends just offered me a cisco pix 515e for $600, he bought it brand new, I have heard this router can do VPN too, but that would be awesome if you guy can give me ideas what you think about this router and does it worth to buy with that price ?. By the way, the router look 80-90% new. Thanks alot.

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pfirewall# sh ver
Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software Version 7.0(2)
0 babbles, 0 late
Compiled on Fri 15-Jul-05 22:55 by buildersk 78...block number was (-13108)
System image file is "flash:/image.bin"
1 lost carrier, 0 no car
Config file at boot was "startup-config"flashfs[7]: erasing block 78...done.
pixfirewall up 58 secs)
Hardware: PIX-515E, 64 MB RAM, CPU Pentium II 433 MHz
0: Ext: Ethernet0 : address is 0016.4616.0990, irq 10
1: Ext: Ethernet1 : address is 0016.4616.0991, irq 11
2: Ext: Ethernet2 : address is 000e.0ca1.574c, irq 11
Licensed features for this platform:
Maximum Physical Interfaces : 3
Maximum VLANs : 10
Inside Hosts : Unlimited
Failover : Disabled
VPN-DES : Enabled
VPN-3DES-AES : Disabled
Cut-through Proxy : Enabled
Guards : Enabled
URL Filtering : Enabled
Security Contexts : 0
GTP/GPRS : Disabled
VPN Peers : Unlimited
This platform has a Restricted (R) license.
pfirewall#
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[brianinms]

A pix 515e is a firewall and not a router and yes it can do VPNs. If you plan on using it for your home or for a lab then its fine, however I don't recommend buying second hand cisco gear for a business.

 

[cisco99999]

thanks for the opinion, again newbie question, does it worth for that price ?

 

[brianinms]

That sounds like a good deal for a 515e running 7.0 code.

 

[haykatyck]

Sounds like a good deal to me too. It's not an absolute MUST, but see if you can get a 3DES license for it too, that's important for VPNs. If there is support for the serial number, it's usually free, check here:

https://tools.cisco.com/SWIFT/Licensing/jsp/formGenerator/Pix3DesMsgDisplay.jsp

John
<lots of meaningless certifications here>