Rick, You do NOT need to upgrade your PIX to run 6.2 OS, here's my pix 501 I'm using with 6.2(1) and 3DES:
brad-vegas# sh ver Cisco PIX Firewall Version 6.2(1) Cisco PIX Device Manager Version 1.1(2) Compiled on Wed 17-Apr-02 21:18 by morlee brad-vegas up 2 days 0 hours Hardware: PIX-501, 16 MB RAM, CPU Am5x86 133 MHz Flash E28F640J3 @ 0x3000000, 8MB BIOS Flash E28F640J3 @ 0xfffd8000, 128KB 0: ethernet0: address is 0008.a3f7.c052, irq 9 1: ethernet1: address is 0008.a3f7.c053, irq 10 Licensed Features: Failover: Disabled VPN-DES: Enabled VPN-3DES: Enabled Maximum Interfaces: 2 Cut-through Proxy: Enabled Guards: Enabled URL-filtering: Enabled Inside Hosts: 10 Throughput: Limited IKE peers: 5 thanks, -Brad Ellis CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security) Network Learning Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.optsys.net (Cisco hardware) ""Rick"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Has anyone upgraded a PIX 501. All of the current 6.x > files all say they require 32meg DRAM and this 501 only has > 16meg. The problem I have is I need to upgrade to a 3DES > license and it requires that I load a new image and I don't > want to take a chance with not being able to get the current > releases to work. The funny thing is this came with 6.12 on it. > Rick Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=46528&t=46519 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
