At my current work place, it seems like my colleague really favors me and lets me get off an hour earlier.
Thank God for a peaceful workplace.
So, instead of writing gibberish on a word document which I will only discard later, I will document it via blog and recap it at some point down the road.
Lesson Start
Rollover cable – Serial Port to RJ45
How to configure a router?
- Connect to the console port, open telnet software (PutTy) to configure ports , login with prompts / commands
- Connect via TCP/IP. Router has a management IP address to do configuration
- Gui (Graphic User Interface) to work in a browser,
Modular Router is adjustable based on usage requirements.
Configuration of a router:
- Make sure power cable is on.
- Connect to console port & open PutY
**LEARN TO USE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE (CLI) EXAMS WILL TEST ON KNOWLEDGE OF CLI.
en– short form for enable, to get into privileged mode.
*after modifying configuration to happy settings, export configurations and set as default so device selects that configurations on startup.
config t– used to configure terminal (router) not sure what else this can be used for.
hostname chicken– the way to change host name.
show run– shows current configuration (scroll down, use space bar. q to enter next command)
enab secret– to set a password for enable mode
int– short form for interface
ip add
ip address
ctrl+z– to exit
I found a book from Cisco Online. Just sharing the link.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/iproute_bfd/configuration/guide/15_1/irb_15_1_book.pdf
Thats a lot of commands to remember. Just like hexadecimals. Yum.
–Break time @ 20:19pm–Resume @
Router configuration(#)
- enable
- show run
and more. damn i didn’t manage to get it all down, but i will find it. and I will post it.
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