Cisco 5505 asa led flashing lights
The now dead Cisco ASA plugs into the FiOS router. We split this signal through a switch to 2 routers - one provided by our VoiP service and the FiOS router/cable modem that comes with our service. Our FiOS service enters our office through a service unit that converts the Fiber to Gigabit Ethernet. Performance is acceptable, not great, and we will plow through our data plan, but we are in business with only a few minutes disruption. A few mobile hotspots activated on our phones and one MiFi device booted up, and we are back in business. The immediate response is to get our staff connected to the Internet in any way possible. In the meantime, we must continue to service our customers. Covered by warranty and a solid support/service plan, a new unit will arrive in several days. A quick call and discussion, and our Cisco guru tells us “it’s a brick”. A few reboots and a few attempted hard resets later, we are still not working. Red Status light on activity lights on the embedded switch ports blinking no traffic. Late yesterday afternoon, our trusted Cisco 5505 stopped working. Here is our case study (still in progress). What we do have, is the ability to work over any form of Internet connection. Nor do we have multiple broadband connections. In reality, the “single point of failure” really isn’t. Being fully in the cloud, any Internet outage could be a disaster, bringing business to a halt. While the heavy, wet snow continues to fall and cling to the power and fi ber optic lines in our area, today’s Internet outage was not due to the first real storm this winter.