saturnnights
Technical User
I'd like to get my hands on a used ASA for my home test network - just to play with it and see how it runs. I see ASA 5505 units on Ebay and wonder whether they'd actually be ready-to-run, so far as the OS and licensing?
This post shows my ignorance regarding how these things actually work and why I don't feel comfortable just buying one. I see some sellers say, "wiped" and other such things and wonder if that means that there is no installed license key and the thing won't work at all unless I buy a Cisco license for it? Or does that tend to mean that configurations are wiped, but a license key is probably there and it will run, based on whatever license was purchased along with the unit?
What should I know about purchasing a used ASA from Ebay?
Thanks,
Saturnnights
This post shows my ignorance regarding how these things actually work and why I don't feel comfortable just buying one. I see some sellers say, "wiped" and other such things and wonder if that means that there is no installed license key and the thing won't work at all unless I buy a Cisco license for it? Or does that tend to mean that configurations are wiped, but a license key is probably there and it will run, based on whatever license was purchased along with the unit?
What should I know about purchasing a used ASA from Ebay?
Thanks,
Saturnnights