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In this segment, Don covers the home screen, found in the ASDM when working with a Cisco ASA firewall. The home screen contains a lot of information and this video provides a detailed look at each of the elements and their purposes.

In this video we look at dynamic host configuration protocol and configuring DHCP on a Cisco ASA.

In this video Don Pezet explains how to employ a port forward approach for smaller networks.

This episode guides you through static NAT mapping, also called one to one NAT mapping, where an IP address is tied to one host. When you turn that host off, the IP just sits there and waits and is available for the next person who needs it. Static NAT is most commonly employed when dealing with servers versus dynamic NAT and clients.

This video covers configuring dynamic NAT on a Cisco ASA. Dynamic NAT is one of the most common forms of Network Address Translation, which takes internal IPs and changes them to public IPs when they pass through the firewall.

This segment looks at configuring a Cisco ASA Firewall to schedule firewall rules. WAN traffic filters and LAN traffic filter rules apply 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year; however there scenarios where rules need to apply at certain schedules. Cisco ASA has a very powerful scheduling functionality built into its firewall rules.

This segment covers configuring the Cisco ASA to filter LAN traffic using Cisco OpenDNS.

This segment covers configuring the Cisco ASA to filter WAN traffic.

This segment demonstrates the initial configuration of setting up a Cisco ASA after device connection is complete.

In this segment we'll connect to the Cisco ASA through SSH (SSH) so that we can connect from the network itself.

In this segment, we'll show you how to connect to the Cicso ASA using the ASDM, the Adaptive Security Device Manager. The Adaptive Security Device Manager is a graphical user interface and unlike a router, Cisco expects us to use the ADSM rather than the command line interface.

This episode demonstrates how to connect to a Cisco ASA through the console directly to the device itself. It covers the initial set up and also a little bit of troubleshooting.

In this segment, we introduce you to some of the hardware and licensing models that you're going to need to choose from if you choose the Cisco ASA as your security appliance. Cisco offers many different models and this episode explains the differences among each of them.

The Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) is one of the most implemented security solutions found in enterprise networks. Cisco offers an entire series of firewalls that range from small office solutions to very large enterprise solutions. This series is designed to help an IT Professional to see how to configure many of the features in the ASA through the GUI interface, the ASDM.