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Basic Router Configuration Guide

This document provides instructions for configuring basic settings on a router, including: 1) Setting the router hostname using the "hostname" command. 2) Configuring Ethernet and serial interfaces with descriptions, IP addresses, and other settings. 3) Configuring either dynamic routing with RIP or static routing with IP routes. 4) Setting encrypted and plain text passwords on console, virtual terminal, and other lines to secure access.

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Basic Router Configuration Guide

This document provides instructions for configuring basic settings on a router, including: 1) Setting the router hostname using the "hostname" command. 2) Configuring Ethernet and serial interfaces with descriptions, IP addresses, and other settings. 3) Configuring either dynamic routing with RIP or static routing with IP routes. 4) Setting encrypted and plain text passwords on console, virtual terminal, and other lines to secure access.

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Configuring the Router’s Name

ROUTER# config t
ROUTER(config)# hostname NAME

Configuring the Ethernet Interface(s)


NAME# config t
NAME(config)# int interface type & number (fa0/0, fa0/1)
NAME(config-if)# description your description of the interface
NAME(config-if)# ip address ip address subnet mask

Configuring the Serial Interface(s)


NAME(config)# int interface type & number (s0/0 , s0/1- s0/0/0, s0/0/1)
NAME(config-if)# clock rate 56000 (when configuring a DCE serial interface only)
NAME(config-if)# no shutdown
NAME(config-if)# exit

Configuring Routing: Dynamic or Static Routing


Dynamic:
NAME# config t
NAME(config)# router rip
NAME(config)#version 2 (if using VLSM)
NAME(config-router)# network network number
NAME(config-router)# network network number (if more than one network is attached)

STATIC:
Name(config)# ip route [destination network] [Subnet Mask] [next hop IP address or interface]

Configuring Passwords
Encrypted: Plain text:
NAME# config t NAME# config t
NAME(config)# enable secret class NAME(config)# enable secret class

Console: Virtual Terminal (Telnet):


NAME# config t NAME# config t
NAME(config)# line con 0 NAME(config)# line vty 0 4
NAME(config-line)# password cisco NAME(config-line)# password cisco
NAME(config-line)# login NAME(config-line)# login
(config-line)#exit (config-line)#exit

Banner:
NAME# Config t
NAME(config)# banner motd # your message #

IP Host:
NAME(config)# ip host [NAME of the device] [ip address of the device]

SHOW COMMANDS
Show run, show start, show interface, sh ip interface brief, show ip route, tracert, ping, telnet

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