Yep, in nearly every case I have encountered, simply making the change itself applies the change (i.e. to ACL, NAT, etc...). Saving to mem (wr mem) merely confirms the fact that when the PIX *is eventually* reloaded (hopefully after months and months, no YEARS... lol...) of uninterrupted and bug free service, the change will still be there.
Reloading the PIX is not required (unless you like lots of calls about some users inability to suddenly download content of a questionable nature...) :)- Jay Thus spake Daniel Crichton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On 12 Dec 2001 at 12:01, Harry Whitehouse wrote: > > > When I make a config change to my PIX 520, I do a "write mem" and "reload". > > I know that sequence of commands will always cause the new config to take > > effect. > > > > But I recently configured an ARP statement in a Cisco router and was > > surprised to find that config changes could be made "on the fly" without > > rebooting the router. > > > > So I'm wondering if the same might be true for the PIX. I'm having to tweak > > some routing statements on the PIX and every time I do I've been > > "reload'ing" which interrupts our production traffic for a 10-15 second > > interval. I'm wondering now if just the "write mem" would suffice to > > implement the config change. > > > > I never bother doing a reload, the write mem seems to be enough - in fact > AFAIK the write mem isn't needed to have the PIX start using the new > config, it's only needed in case the PIX gets rebooted as you'll lose the > settings otherwise. > > Dan > --- > D.C. Crichton email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Senior Systems Analyst tel: +44 (0)121 706 6000 > Computer Manuals Ltd. fax: +44 (0)121 606 0477 > > Computer book info on the web: > http://computer-manuals.co.uk/ > Want to earn money? Join our affiliate network! > http://computer-manuals.co.uk/affiliate/ > > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
