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Configuring Cisco Routers

This document provides an overview of Cisco router configuration in 3 paragraphs or less: The document outlines the basic components of Cisco routers including the IOS software, router modes (user, privileged, configuration), and network interfaces. It describes how to configure sessions, passwords, and interfaces. Useful commands are provided to view configurations, interfaces, protocols and more. Online help, command line editing, and session controls are also summarized.

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Configuring Cisco Routers

This document provides an overview of Cisco router configuration in 3 paragraphs or less: The document outlines the basic components of Cisco routers including the IOS software, router modes (user, privileged, configuration), and network interfaces. It describes how to configure sessions, passwords, and interfaces. Useful commands are provided to view configurations, interfaces, protocols and more. Online help, command line editing, and session controls are also summarized.

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Essentials of

Cisco routers
configuration
Router basic
• Cisco routers run the Internetwork Operating
System (IOS)
• IOS support everything anyone would ever want
to do with router
• command like interface, much like shell
– complete on-line help
– full line editing, including history
Router components
ROM Flash NVRAM RAM

- Bootstrap - IOS - Startup - Active


- IOS - Other config config
- Rxboot files - Tables
- Buffers
Router modes
password New session

User

password enable

Privileged

config term

Configuration
Sessions
• Sessions can be initiated from direct line
(console, aux) or virtual line (vty)
• each line can be password protected (with
separate passwords)
• it is possible to use user based
authentication
Router modes (cont.)
User mode
• user can examine router status and operation.
• configuration cannot be viewed or altered from user
mode
• prompt router>
Privileged mode (“root”)
• complete control over the router (anything can be set or
reset)
• configuration cannot be altered
• prompt router#
User modes (cont.)
Configuration mode
• used only for change of configuration
• not password protected from privileged mode
• privileged mode commands don’t have meaning in
configuration mode
• most statements can be removed from the
configuration with the prefix no (ex. no
shutdown)
• prompt router(config)#
Router configurations
Two configurations:
• the active configuration (show running-
config)
• the startup configuration (show startup-
config)
Terminal
RAM
NVRAM Active
config
Flash

Network
On line help
• IOS have built-in help
• at any point user may type ? and receive a list
of what the executive expect to see next
• when used after character, help displays all
command with the same prefix
• at the beginning of command line ? will give a
list of all commands available in the current
mode
Command line editing
• all commands and strings can be abbreviated to
their shortest unique prefix (ex. sh run)
• arrow keys will move the cursor to the left and
right on the command line
• command history is accessed via up and down
arrows
• previous commands can be edited and re-entered
Network interfaces
• each network interface is identified by type and number
• types can be abbreviated, numbers start at 0
– ethernet0 e0
– serial2 s2
– tokenring1 to1
• virtual interfaces for various purposes
– loopback
– tunnel
– vlan
Example
router> enable
router# conf t
router(config)# int e0
router(config-if)# ip addr
10.0.0.10 255.255.255.0
router(config-if)# no shut
router(config-if)# ^z
router# sho ip int e0
Useful commands
• set the console password
– router(config)# line con 0
– router(config-line)# password mysecret
• set the vty passwords
– router(config-line)# line vty 0 4
– router(config-line)# password mysecret
– router(config-line)# exit
• set the enable password
– router(config)# enable password mysecret
– router(config)# service password-encryption
– router(config)# ^Z
Useful commands (cont.)
• list all interfaces in a router
– router# show interface
• display running configuration
– router# show running-configuration
• save the configuration
– router# copy running-config startup-config
• display IOS information
– router# show version
• display contents of flash
– router# show flash
• display running network protocols
– router# show protocols
Useful commands (cont.)
• non-console session can receive messages
– terminal monitor
• disable console logging
– no logging console (config)
• configure router to use syslog
– logging on (config)
– logging <ip-address>
• store in buffer
– logging buffered (config)
• display current configuration of message logging
– show logging
Useful commands
• configuring an interface
– ip address <address> <mask> (config)
• static routing (config)
– ip route <network> <mask> <address> [distance]
• default route (config)
– ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <address>
– ip default-network <network>
– in the second case router determines next hop
• netmask format (decimal,hexadecimal,bit-count)
– terminal ip netmask-format <format>
– ip netmask-format <format>
session break sequence
– CTRL-SHIFT-6 x
If you want to know more
• Cisco courses (ICRC,ACRC)
• Cisco documentation (www.cisco.com)
• Cisco mailing list
– [email protected]
– search engine
– http://www.nexial.com/cgi-bin/ciscobody
• Books:
– Managing IP Networks with Cisco Routers, Scott Bellew,
O’Reilly and Associates
– TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The protocols, W. Richard
Stevens, Addison-Wesley

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