ACX1100

ACX1100 is a very good router from Juniper ACX series.

Some of advantages vs. other from the series is source nat support and ipsec. I get my via ebay for extremely affordable price, the reason was the alarm light, actually alarm light is on when there is not console management cable connected or second power supply plug in 🙂 .. good for me. May be is not the smallest router in the world however is fan-less which is another plus.

I was able to find 21.2R3.8 Junos and upgraded it, I do not remember from where I get the firmware (google it) .

Since I do not have any particular case to use it also I do not want to sell it, I decided to use it as a lab device and one unexpected plus is support for juniper logical systems

More details can be found here.

ACX1100 default (rescue) configuration

note: root password is „1q2w3e„

version 21.2R3.8;
system {
    host-name acx1100;
    root-authentication {
        encrypted-password "$6$Me.8rVDl$EF9PcbjYNNuRCuN5NejjRizhrBup688f5DY3A6yUgGujNDniHIYKjekVwxkmZ4LY34fT0FqqlhhKwh7R6XPeK0"; ## SECRET-DATA
    }
    services {
        ssh {
            root-login allow;
        }
        netconf {
            ssh;
        }
    }
    domain-name lab.ls;
    name-server {
        8.8.8.8;
        8.8.4.4;
    }
    syslog {
        user * {
            any emergency;
        }
        file interactive-commands {
            interactive-commands any;
        }
        file messages {
            any error;
            authorization info;
        }
    }
}
chassis {
    fpc 0 {
        service-package bundle-nat-ipsec;
    }
}
interfaces {
    ge-0/0/0 {
        flexible-vlan-tagging;
        unit 13 {
            description WAN;
            vlan-id 13;
            family inet {
                address 172.20.13.1/24;
            }
        }
    }
    fxp0 {
        unit 0 {
            family inet {
                dhcp {
                    client-identifier {
                        use-interface-description device;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
routing-options {                       
    static {
        route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 172.20.13.254;
    }
}

display set configuration

set version 21.2R3.8
set system host-name acx1100
set system root-authentication encrypted-password "$6$Me.8rVDl$EF9PcbjYNNuRCuN5NejjRizhrBup688f5DY3A6yUgGujNDniHIYKjekVwxkmZ4LY34fT0FqqlhhKwh7R6XPeK0"
set system services ssh root-login allow
set system services netconf ssh
set system domain-name lab.ls
set system name-server 8.8.8.8
set system name-server 8.8.4.4
set system syslog user * any emergency
set system syslog file interactive-commands interactive-commands any
set system syslog file messages any error
set system syslog file messages authorization info
set chassis fpc 0 service-package bundle-nat-ipsec
set interfaces ge-0/0/0 flexible-vlan-tagging
set interfaces ge-0/0/0 unit 13 description WAN
set interfaces ge-0/0/0 unit 13 vlan-id 13
set interfaces ge-0/0/0 unit 13 family inet address 172.20.13.1/24
set interfaces fxp0 unit 0 family inet dhcp client-identifier use-interface-description device
set routing-options static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 172.20.13.254