FACTORY RESET CISCO ASA 5505 SERIAL
I DO NOT have neither the consol serial cable nor a machine with a serial port available.
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I tried the "reset" button, which apparently is as useful as an English saddle on the back of a roping horse, and now I am stuck with a router that I can't access at all. I unplugged the power cord, and then plugged it back in, and apparently it finally took the LAN IP, however now i get an error that reads: "unable to launch device manager from 10.0.30.1". Even here under the "response" window, a nice blank page of a solid grey color showed up with nothing written on it (no matter how long I waited). I tried thorugh the ASDM about 10 times at first, and the ASDM would sit for hours displaying the scroll bar that read "sending configuration to hardware".which of course was not true. Problem 3: it wouldn't accept management policies from the 10.0.30.x network ASA 5505 The factory default configuration configures interfaces and NAT so that the ASA is ready to use in your network immediately. The factory default configuration is available only for routed firewall mode and single context mode. Problem 2: it wouldn't take the new WAN IP The factory default configuration is the configuration applied by Cisco to new ASAs. Problem 1: it wouldn't take the new LAN IP (10.0.30.1)
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Unfortunately this unit is one of the very few pre-approved by the government, which is why I can't replace it.
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Now I have this Cisco ASA 5505 to reconfigure for a secondary WAN (which is going to be dedicated to a specific VPN tunnel for the police department). I replaced the 3 networks and VPN tunnels with 3 Sonicwall TZ appliances which do a much better job AND SIMPLY WORK!! This unit has been trouble since day 1 (configured by other IT company before I took over). I am just about ready to throw this piece of junk out of the window.