{"id":316,"date":"2009-04-27T23:34:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T21:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.netexpertise.eu\/en\/?p=316"},"modified":"2021-10-10T22:30:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T20:30:01","slug":"initiate-vpn-connection-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.netexpertise.eu\/en\/networking\/cisco\/initiate-vpn-connection-pix.html","title":{"rendered":"Initiate VPN connection on Cisco PIX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having set up VPN parameters on two Cisco PIX, you need to generate a traffic flow from a network to another to bring the connection up. This can be annoying if want to make sure the tunnel is active before you connect the network.<br>\u00a0<br>Let&#8217;s take 2 sub-networks 192.168.2.0\/24 and 192.168.3.0\/24.<br>Once VPN connections are configured on the <a href=\"\/en\/category\/networking\/cisco\">Cisco<\/a> PIX, double-check you have these:<br>\u00a0<br>On PIX1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"vim\" class=\"language-vim\">PIX1#show run\naccess-list VPN_TO_PIX2 permit ip 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.3.0 255.255.255.0\n...\nip address inside 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0\n...\nmanagement-access inside<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>Same on PIX2 for all, but the IP address indeed.<br>Management-access allows the PIX to send the ping back from the internal interface.<br>&nbsp;<br>To activate the VPN connection, you just need to ping the remote Cisco&#8217;s internal interface from the internal local interface. In a nutshell:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"vim\" class=\"language-vim\">PIX1#ping inside 192.168.3.1\n        192.168.3.1 response received -- 60ms\n        192.168.3.1 response received -- 50ms\n        192.168.3.1 response received -- 50ms<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>Check the VPN has been created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"vim\" class=\"language-vim\">PIX1# show crypto isakmp sa\nTotal     : 1\nEmbryonic : 0\n        dst\t     src        state        pending      created\n      PIX2_IP      PIX1_IP      QM_IDLE      0            2<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having set up VPN parameters on two Cisco PIX, you need to generate a traffic flow from a network to another to bring the connection up. 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