Enter these commands and follow these steps to use the activation key:

 

Command

Description

Step 1

 

 

show version

Shows the PIX Firewall software version, hardware configuration,

 

 

license key, and related uptime data.

 

 

 

Step 2

configure terminal

Starts configuration mode.

 

 

 

Step 3

activation-key

Updates the PIX Firewall activation key by replacing the

 

 

activation-key-four-tuplewith the activation key obtained with your

 

 

new license. Activation-key-four-tupleis a four-element hexadecimal

 

 

string with one space between each element. An example is 0xe02888da

 

 

0x4ba7bed6 0xf1c123ae 0xffd8624e. The leading 0x specfier is

 

 

optional; all values are assumed to be hexadecimal.

 

 

 

Step 4

exit

Exits configuration mode.

 

 

 

Step 5

write memory

Saves the configuration.

Step 6

 

 

reload

Reboots and reloads the configuration.

 

 

 

Restore the Default Configuration

To restore your default configuration back to the factory-default values, enter the following CLI commands by completing the following steps:

 

Command

Description

Step 1

 

 

configure terminal

Starts configuration mode.

Step 2

 

 

clear configuration all

Erases the running configuration.

Step 3

 

 

interface ethernet1 auto

Negotiates the Ethernet speed and duplex settings

 

 

automatically. You can use the auto keyword only with

 

 

the Intel 10/100 automatic speed-sensing network

 

 

interface card.

Step 4

 

 

ip address inside 192.168.1.1

Configures a fixed IP address for the inside

 

255.255.255.0

(192.168.1.0) interface.

Step 5

 

 

dhcpd address

Specifies the DHCP server IP address pool for internal

 

192.168.1.2-192.168.1.254

hosts.

 

inside

 

 

 

 

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