Monthly Archives: December 2021

Running TP-Link Easy Smart Configuration Utility on linux

I have been looking for a way to run this utility on linux (because it is a java app) and I found this guide explaining how to achieve this.

By the way, I use Arch Linux.

So, first, you will need to download the latest x64 Oracle JRE for linux from here. In my case, Linux x64.

Create a new Java folder on your home directory and extract the Oracle JRE archive there:

mkdir ~/Java
tar -xvf ~/Download/jre-8u311-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/Java

Then download the Easy Smart Configuration Utility from here.

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Running Cisco ASDM on linux

I have been looking for some months on how to do this. Searching over the internet, there many old guides that most of them do not work, except this one.

By the way, I use Arch Linux.

So, first, you will need to download the latest x64 Oracle JRE for linux from here. In my case, Linux x64.

Create a new Java folder on your home directory and extract the Oracle JRE archive there:

mkdir ~/Java
tar -xvf ~/Download/jre-8u311-linux-x64.tar.gz -C ~/Java

In order to connect to an ASA system, you can run the following :

~/Java/jre1.8.0_311/bin/javaws https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/admin/public/asdm.jnlp

where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the management IP of the ASA

If the connection is successful, a desktop shortcut will be created on ~/Desktop. You will, need to make a copy of this shortcut to bypass a security issue which disables the launcher after every use. Every successful connection, will create a desktop shortcut.

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