Early 2000s Networking with Cisco PIX

Setting up some Cisco PIX firewall units from 2002. We'll do some physical repairs to the 506E, try to get the 515Es setup with failover, and explore what it was like to setup Cisco PIX units from the early 2000s.

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00:00 Intro
01:24 PIX 506E and 515E Physical Overview
03:12 PIX 506E Overview
04:29 Cisco PIX History
05:57 Boot and CLI
08:08 Password Reset via TFTP
11:33 Setting up a Network on the 506E
15:17 Testing out our Network
16:19 Repairing the 506E
21:15 515E Overview
23:15 Setting up a Network on a 515E
25:54 Trying Failover on the 515Es
32:56 Overall Thoughts