https://38a8db03.aww-3cz.pages.dev/tags/standby/ Recent content in Standby on Aaron's Worthless Words Hugo en Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://38a8db03.aww-3cz.pages.dev/posts/2011/01/stubby-post-changing-the-prompt-on-the-asa/ Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://38a8db03.aww-3cz.pages.dev/posts/2011/01/stubby-post-changing-the-prompt-on-the-asa/ <p>RichardF commented on <a href="http://aconaway.com/2010/11/22/running-commands-on-a-standby-asa-from-the-active/">an article I wrote last November</a> and mentioned the <em>prompt</em> command in the ASA.  I never set aside any time to research it, but I finally took the time today while waiting for a maintenance window.</p> <p>This is one of those little things in life that make me happy.  Since the active ASA always has the same hostname and IP address, I find it hard to keep track of to which firewall I&rsquo;m actually connected.  That &ldquo;configurtions are no long in sync&rdquo; message you get when you <em>conf t</em> on the standby firewall really irks me.  With the <em>prompt</em> command, I can see which firewall I&rsquo;m on and in what state it is.</p>