#Cisco 5505 asa graphical interface software#
#Cisco 5505 asa graphical interface license#

It's an unscrupulous Biz model and it appears to be crumbling based on their 10Q reports.

#Cisco 5505 asa graphical interface license#

Cisco does not want to be bothered by customers, they just want to sell the hardware and collect money, license fees, support fees - even without support, etc. They also require a support license for any help with new products.

#Cisco 5505 asa graphical interface software#

Overall Review: Cisco charges for everything including installation information so you can determine that their software is defective and non-functioning. The cost of Cisco hardware will pale in comparison to support charges and license fees - so buyer beware. Unless you are familiar with CLI, I would suggest that you NOT BUY CISCO products as the hardware is fine but unmanageable due to Cisco's cobbled crapware GUI. Cisco should be sued for fraud, IMO.Ĭons: Cisco ASDM software is so defective as to be almost unusable by the majority of Cisco customers. Telling customers to use CLI because the Cisco software is inoperable - is totally unacceptable and ignorant. See the link below for the gory details because this is VERY IMPORTANT if you plan to buy any Cisco product and use the ASDM interface to adjust the settings - which is required. Be advised that ASDM also does not work with IE11 or IE9 (for servers) or with a number of other browsers. In regards to Cisco's ASDM graphical user interface (GUI), it is so poorly written and not updated properly that it literally will not work with the latest versions of Java so you must revert to an old version of Java to get any use from Cisco's ASDM software. See the Cisco website Support section for proof. Even then there are literally tens of thousands of properly trained Cisco users who are unable to make CLI function reliably on many Cisco products for a variety of reasons. Then you need all of the accessories to connect and use stone age command line inputs. Both are decent router/security appliances but the ASDM GUI software is basically unusable for most users.Ĭisco makes HORRIBLE GUI software that does not work for most users so you are forced to use CLI, which is a PITA unless you work with it daily. The ASA 5505 is an updated model to the PIX 501.

Pros: Cisco makes excellent hardware and they charge a premium for it. This is arguably the best firewall you can buy.Īnd if you are not a technical person, or are not familiar with Cisco CLI, don't blame the product if it doesn't 'work' the way you think it should, blame your lack of knowledge of the product. If you are very technical, and have exhausted the capabilities of other Home/SOHO firewalls, and love a challenge, then go for it. It's not designed for home use, but can be in the right hands. IMO, if you are not a very technical person, do not buy this product. Again though, they do expect the user to understand basic security and technical firewalling/IDS principles. Cisco has done a fantastic job of getting the Wizard functioning well enough for moderately technical users to set one of these up in their environment. One reviewer stated that it is a complicated setup. That, of course, has changed over the years, evolving into its' own product, but has been very stable throughout the years, with the occasional acceptable glitch.

If it is a DoA device, that's understandable, but to anyone complaining about functionality, especially to those who are rating themselves a 5 in Tech Knowledge understadning, sorry, but when it comes to Cisco, you may want to knock yourself down a few levels of knowledge.Ĭisco uses (for good reason) a proprietary CLI owing its' origins to UNIX. Pros: Extremely reliable, provides Cisco CSACLI and ASDM configuration, Cisco gives 'the sky is the limit' configuration power to their users.