Basic Router Configuration

CCNA Lab: Basic Router Configuration

Tasks: Configure some basic router setting:

1. Router name.

2. Router passwords: console, vty, enable password, perform password encryption.

3. Serial interfaces, FastEthernet interfaces.

4. Interface description.

5. Login banner.

6. Make configuration changes.

7. Back up configuration files to TFTP servers.

Router A

Router>enable

Router#configure terminal

• Router name

Router(config)#hostname RA

• Router passwords

RA(config)#line console 0

RA(config-line)#password cisco

RA(config-line)#login

RA(config-line)#exit

RA(config)#line vty 0 4

RA(config-line)#password cisco

RA(config-line)#login

RA(config-line)#exit

RA(config)#enable password cisco

RA(config)#enable secret cisco

• Serial interfaces, FastEthernet interfaces, interface description

RA(config)#interface serial 0/0

RA(config-if)#ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0

RA(config-if)#no shutdown

RA(config-if)#description This is Serial 0/0 on router A

RA(config-if)#clock rate 64000

RA(config-line)#exit

RA(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0

RA(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

RA(config-if)#no shutdown

RA(config-if)#description This is FastEthernet 0/0 on router A

• Login banner

RA(config)#banner motd # Router Basic Configuration – www.CCNA5.com #

• Make configuration changes

RA#copy running-config startup-config

Destination filename [startup-config]?

Building configuration…

[OK]

• Back up configuration files to TFTP servers

RA#copy running-config tftp:

Address or name of remote host []? 192.168.1.3

Destination filename [RA-confg]? RouterA

Writing running-config….!!

[OK - 803 bytes]

803 bytes copied in 3.14 secs (0 bytes/sec)

Router B

Router>enable

Router#configure terminal

• Router name

Router(config)#hostname RB

• Router passwords

RB(config)#line console 0

RB(config-line)#password cisco

RB(config-line)#login

RB(config-line)#exit

RB(config)#line vty 0 4

RB(config-line)#password cisco

RB(config-line)#login

RB(config-line)#exit

RB(config)#enable password cisco

RB(config)#enable secret cisco

• Serial interfaces, FastEthernet interfaces, interface description

RB(config)#interface serial 0/0

RB(config-if)#ip address 172.16.1.2 255.255.255.0

RB(config-if)#no shutdown

RB(config-if)#description This is Serial 0/0 on router B

RB(config-line)#exit

RB(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/0

RB(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0

RB(config-if)#no shutdown

RB(config-if)#description This is FastEthernet 0/0 on router B

• Login banner

RB(config)#banner motd # Router Basic Configuration – www.CCNA5.com #

• Make configuration changes

RB#copy running-config startup-config

Destination filename [startup-config]?

Building configuration…

[OK]

• Back up configuration files to TFTP servers

RB#copy running-config tftp:

Address or name of remote host []? 192.168.1.3

Destination filename [RA-confg]? RouterB

Writing running-config….!!

[OK - 785 bytes]

785 bytes copied in 0.125 secs (0 bytes/sec)