LAB 1 Basic Cisco configuration commands
Boot PC into MS Windows OS (on LILO: prompt type windows)
Enter program HyperTerminal (there is a shortcut on Windows desktop named console). Communication parameters are: COM1, 9600, N, 8, 1.
Connect PC and Cisco router as it's given in following diagram. Console cable is black flat cable, cross over UTP cable is round gray cable with pin 1 connected to pin 6 and pin 2 connected to pin 6. Instead of cross over UTP cable you can use HUB and two straight UTP cables.
Turn on router look at the router massages while router is booting
Cisco router PC
Console COM 1
ETH0 Ethernet port
Part 1
BASIC COMMANDS
Using the commands show version and show ip interface brief, answer the following questions:
1. Router name:
2. Router type:
3. IOS version:
4. Memory amount:
5. Flash ROM amount:
6. Number and types of interfaces:
Part 2
Displaying the configurations
- Enter privilege mode (enable)
- Display the configuration saved in NVRAM (show config)
- Display the running configuration (show running-config)
Setting and changing the configuration
- Enter the configuration mode (conf term)
- Change the router name (hostname)
- Exit the privilege mode (CTRL-Z), you are back in Privileged mode!
- Save the configuration (copy running-config startup-config)
Setting the passwords (REMEMBER YOU PASSWORD)
- Enter the configuration mode (conf term)
- Specify virtual terminal lines you would like to configure (line vty 0 4)
- Request login authentication (login)
- Set a password for the exec mode (password my_password)
- Set a password for the privileged (enable secret my_password)
- Exit the privilege mode (CTRL-Z), you are back in Privileged mode!
Configuring the interface
- Enter the configuration mode (conf term)
- Select interface ethernet 0 (interface ethernet 0)
- Select the ip address and subnet mask (ip address 193.225.201.225 255.255.255.224)
- Enable the interface (no shut)
- Exit the privilege mode (CTRL-Z), you are back in Privileged mode!
Checking router status and IP connectivity
- Check host connectivity (ping your_host_ip_address)
- Check host reachability (trace your_host_ip_address)
- Check status of an interface (show interface eth0)
- Display debug information (debug ip icmp, debug all)
- Disable debug information (undebug ip, undebug all)