Chapter 3. Configuration Fundamentals

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Device access using the CLI

• Basic ASA configuration

• Basic FWSM configuration

• Remote management access to ASA and FWSM

• IOS Baseline configuration

• Remote management access to IOS devices

• Clock synchronization using NTP

• Obtaining an IP address through the PPPoE client

• DHCP services

“All rising to great places is by a winding stair.” —Francis Bacon

After the introductory lessons of the first two chapters, it is time to begin the practical work with the Cisco Classic Network Firewalls. This chapter focuses on topics such as IP address assignment, Command Line Interface (CLI) usage and how to prepare the devices to be remotely managed using protocols ...

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