Ch.3 - Configuring A Router: CCNA 1 Version 3.0 Rick Graziani Cabrillo College

Ch.
3 – Configuring a Router
CCNA 1 version 3.0

Rick Graziani
Cabrillo College
Overview
Students completing this module should be able to:

• Name a router
• Set passwords
• Examine show commands
• Configure a serial interface
• Configure an Ethernet interface
• Execute changes to a router
• Save changes to a router
• Configure an interface description
• Configure a message-of-the-day banner
• Configure host tables
• Understand the importance of backups and documentation
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CLI command modes
Router#configure terminal
Router(config)#
Configuring a router name
Mistake…
Should be…
Router#config t
Router(config)#hostname Tokyo
Tokyo(config)#

Configuring router passwords
Not recommended, clear text
Encrypts the passwords

above, but…
Use this command instead, password is encryped
Router(config)#enable secret <password>

service password-encryption command
WARNING
• service password-encryption uses a Cisco Level 7
encryption which is very easy to decrypt.
• For the GetPass! software www.boson.com
• However, the enable secret <password> uses a stronger
encryption method and cannot be easily hacked.

enable secret <password> command
Doesn’t work for enable secret!
• More later!

Using exit, end and Control-Z
end
exit

Router>ena
Router#configure terminal Must be in privileged mode
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#?
Configure commands:
aaa Authentication, Authorization and Acc..
access-list Add an access list entry
alias Create command alias
appletalk Appletalk global configuration commands
arap Appletalk Remote Access Protocol
arp Set a static ARP entry
<text omitted>

Router(config)#exit
00:03:20: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by con
Router#
Message each time you exit “global
Router(config)#interface interface configuration mode”
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#router routing-protocol
Router(config-router)#exit
Router(config)#exit
Router#

Router# conf t (abbreviated)
Router(config)# router protocol

Router(config-router)# (commands)
Router(config-router)# exit
Router(config)# exit
Router#
Router(config)# interface type port

Router(config-if)# (commands)
Router(config-if)# end (or Control-Z)
Router#

Examining the show commands
• show interfaces – Displays all the statistics for all the interfaces on the router.
To view the statistics for a specific interface, enter the show interfaces
command followed by the specific interface and port number.
• show controllers serial – Displays information-specific to the interface
hardware
• show clock – Shows the time set in the router
• show hosts – Displays a cached list of host names and addresses
• show users – Displays all users who are connected to the router
• show history – Displays a history of commands that have been entered
• show flash – Displays information about flash memory and what IOS files are
stored there
• show version – Displays information about the router and the IOS that is running
in RAM
• show ARP – Displays the ARP table of the router
• show protocol – Displays the global and interface specific status of any
configured Layer 3 protocols
• show startup-configuration – Displays the saved configuration located in
NVRAM
• show running-configuration – Displays the configuration currently running
in RAM

show interfaces <interface> command
Router>show interface ethernet 0 Status MAC Address
Ethernet0 is administratively down, line protocol is down , using hub 0
Hardware is Lance, address is 0010.7b3a.cf84 (bia 0010.7b3a.cf84)
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec) Routing
ARP link
Data type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00 ARP cache entries timer metric
encapsulation
Last input never, output 01:05:35, output hang never information
(Ethernet-II)
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never (later)
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
63 packets output, 11676 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
Router>

Where is the MAC Address?
Router>show interface serial 0
Serial0 is administratively down, line protocol is down
Hardware is HD64570
Encapsulation HDLC, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec)
Last input never, output never, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
28 packets output, 9576 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 17 interface resets
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
0 carrier transitions
DCD=down DSR=down DTR=down RTS=down CTS=down
Router>

Examining the show commands
• We will log into a router a examine some of the show

commands.

Configuring a serial interface
Configuring an IP Address on an interface…

Router(config)#interface serial 0/0
Router(config-if)#ip address <ip address> <netmask>
show ip interface command
Router# show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol

Ethernet0 131.108.1.11 YES manual up up
Serial0 198.135.2.49 YES manual administratively down down
What is wrong here? The administrator has either done a “shutdown”

on the interface or has forgotten to do a “no shutdown”.
• A serial interface will not show “up” and “up” unless both
ends are properly configured (mostly) and a the no
shutdown command is used.
• If one router’s configuration looks okay, check the other
router’s configuration.

Lab
Real world
• On serial links that are directly interconnected, as in a lab environment,

one side must be considered a DCE and provide a clocking signal.
• The clock is enabled and speed is specified with the clock rate
command.
Router(config)#interface serial 0/0

Router(config-if)#clock rate 56000
Router(config-if)#no shutdown

RouterA RouterB
DTE cable DCE cable
RouterB(config)#inter serial 1
RouterB(config-if)#clock rate ?
Speed (bits per second)
1200
2400
4800
9600
19200
38400
56000
64000
<text omitted>
2000000
4000000
<300-4000000> Choose clockrate from list above
RouterB(config-if)#clock rate 64000

RouterB(config-if)#
DTE Cable DCE Cable
How can you tell which end is the DTE and which end is the DCE?
 Look at the label on the cable.
 Look at the connecter between the two cables - The DTE cable will
always be male and the DCE cable will always be female.
RouterA RouterB
DTE cable DCE cable
RouterA#show controllers serial 0
HD unit 0, idb = 0xECA4C, driver structure at 0xF1EC8
buffer size 1524 HD unit 0, V.35 DTE cable
cpb = 0x62, eda = 0x403C, cda = 0x4050
RX ring with 16 entries at 0x624000
00 bd_ptr=0x4000 pak=0x0F5704 ds=0x62FFB8 status=80 pak_size=22
This is one of few commands where there must be a space between the interface type and the port.
RouterB#show controllers serial 0

buffer size 1524 HD unit 0, V.35 DCE cable, clockrate 64000
cpb = 0x62, eda = 0x408C, cda = 0x40A0
RX ring with 16 entries at 0x624000
00 bd_ptr=0x4000 pak=0x0F2F04 ds=0x627908 status=80 pak_size=22
How can you tell which end is the DTE and which end is the DCE?
 Use the show controllers command!
 It will also tell you the type of cable, in our labs we will be using a V.35
cable.
This end up!

(The wider end is up.)
• Please be very careful when connecting the male and female

V.35 cables together AND when connecting the serial cable to
the router!
• They only connect ONE WAY!
• Be sure the two ends match!
• Don’t force it!

Executing adds, moves, and changes
running-config startup-config IOS Bootup program

IOS (running) ios (partial)

Router#show startup-config
%% Non-volatile configuration memory is not present
No startup-config
file in NVRAM
Router#show running-config
Building configuration...
Current configuration:
!
version 12.0
service timestamps debug uptime Default running-config
service timestamps log uptime file, created in RAM
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Router
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
interface Ethernet0
no ip address
no ip directed-broadcast
shutdown
!
interface Serial0
no ip address
shutdown
Router#show running-config
Current configuration:
!
version 12.0
service timestamps debug uptime The running-config
service timestamps log uptime
!
hostname Router
!
ip subnet-zero
!
interface Ethernet0
no ip address
shutdown
• The configuration file contains global, process, and interface information that directly affects the
operation of the router and its interface ports.
• All changes to the router are made to the running-config file and take affect immediately on the
router (with just a couple of exceptions).
– IP address
– Routing Protocols
– Router’s Name
– etc.
copy running-config startup-config
During bootup
running-config
RAM
startup-config
Router# copy running-config startup-config
• Changes to the router are automatically put in the running-config file.

• If the router loses power or reboots, everything in RAM is lost including the running-
config file.
• To make sure the changes to the router’s configuration remain saved, you must copy
the running-config from RAM into the startup-config into NVRAM:

Router#copy running-config startup-config

Destination filename [startup-config]?
Router#show startup-config
! The startup-config file now
version 12.0 identical to running-config
service timestamps debug uptime and the router will also have
service timestamps log uptime these changes if the router
reboots.
!
hostname Router
!
!
ip subnet-zero
!
interface Ethernet0
no ip address
shutdown
!

Or
Router# copy running startup
OR
Router# copy run start
OR
Any usage of the command or parameters, so that they are still uniquely recognizable .
WARNING
• Using an incorrect configuration file name could overwrite the router’s IOS in flash, as the router believes
you are trying to copy a blank file into flash.
Router#copy running-config start-up

**** NOTICE **** Incorrect file name!
Flash load helper v1.0
This process will accept the copy options and then terminate
the current system image to use the ROM based image for the copy.
Routing functionality will not be available during that time.
If you are logged in via telnet, this connection will terminate.
Users with console access can see the results of the copy operation.
---- ******** ----
Proceed? [confirm]^C
%Copy cancelled by user request.
Router#
Press <control> C


Or
Router# copy running startup
OR
Router# copy run start
OR
Any usage of the command or parameters, so that they are still uniquely recognizable.
WARNING
• This is also incorrect, and will overwrite the startup-config with a blank file.
Router#copy runningconfig startup-config Incorrect file name!

Destination filename [startup-config]? Press <control> C
?Bad filename
Router#

Displaying the config files
show running-config
show startup-config
These commands can only be done in privilege mode

because they display password information.


Configuring Interfaces
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#interface serial 0
Router(config-if)#ip add 172.16.10.1 255.255.255.0
Router(config-if)#clock rate 64000 (only if DCE)
Router(config-if)#no shutdown

Finishing the Configuration

Importance of configuration standards
• In order to manage a network, there must be a centralized

support standard.
• Configuration, security, performance, and other issues
must be adequately addressed for the network to function
smoothly.
• Creating standards for network consistency helps reduce
network complexity, the amount of unplanned downtime,
and exposure to events that may have an impact on
network performance.
Interface descriptions
RouterB#show inter e 0
Serial0 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is HD64570
Description: Engineering LAN, Bldg. 18
Internet address is 10.1.1.1/24

Interface descriptions
Gateway(config)#inter e 0
Gateway(config-if)#description LAN interface for Marketing
Gateway(config-if)#end
Gateway#
Gateway#show run
<text omitted>
!
interface Ethernet0
description LAN interface for Marketing
no ip address
shutdown
<text omitted>
Gateway#show interface ethernet 0

Ethernet0 is administratively down, line protocol is down
Hardware is Lance, address is 0000.0c34.9ebb (bia 0000.0c34.9ebb)
Description: LAN interface for Marketing
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec)
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
<text omitted>
Gateway#copy run start Don’t forget this or next time router
Destination filename [startup-config]?
reboots these changes will be lost!
Gateway#

Configuring interface description

Login banners and Configuring message-
of-the-day (MOTD)
Wording is not
the same, but
you get the idea.

Login banners and Configuring message-
of-the-day (MOTD)
Router(config)#hostname Gateway Prompt changes
Gateway(config)#
Gateway(config)#banner motd # MOTD (Message Of The Day)
Enter TEXT message. End with the character '#'.
Warning!
Stay away! #
Gateway(config)#end
Gateway#exit
Press RETURN to get started.
Warning!
Stay away!
User Access Verification
Password:
Gateway#show run
<text omitted>
!
hostname Gateway
!
<text omitted>
!
banner motd ^C
Warning! Delimiter always shows as “^C”
Stay away! ^C

Host name resolution
Router# ping 172.16.32.1

Router# ping Auckland
Router# telnet 192.168.53.1

Router# telnet Beirut
Router# traceroute 192.168.89.1

Router# traceroute Capetown
• The Cisco IOS software maintains a cache of host name-to-address mappings

for use by EXEC commands.
• This cache speeds up the process of converting names to addresses.
• Host names, unlike DNS names, are significant only on the router on which
they are configured. (DNS is also an option – later)
Host name resolution
Configuring Multiple IP Addresses
Router(config)# ip host SantaCruz 172.16.32.1 192.168.53.1
• This does not make the router a DNS (Domain Name Server).
• This command does not turn your router into a DNS server.
• This command does not effect packets entering your router to be
routed.
• This only affects the IOS commands entered at the router prompt.
• Multiple ip addresses can be entered in case one interface is down.
• It is usually a good idea to use the same list of names on all your
router configs.

Configuring host tables

Router(config)# ip domain-lookup
Router#wreh
Translating "wreh"...domain server (255.255.255.255) (Takes a few seconds)
Translating "wreh"...domain server (255.255.255.255) (Takes a few seconds)
Router(config)# no ip domain-lookup
Router#wreh
Translating "wreh"
% Unknown command or computer name, or unable to find computer address
• If you are not using the services of a DNS server, it is best to disable this process.
• DNS (Domain Name Service) is enabled by default with a server address of
255.255.255.255, which is a local broadcast.
• If enabled, with no DNS server on the network, may cause a slight, but irritable
delay when making typing mistakes.
Configuration backup and documentation
• Configuration files should be stored as backup files in the

event of a problem.
• Configuration files can be stored on a network server, on a
TFTP server, or on a disk stored in a safe place.
Copying, editing, and pasting configurations
• A TFTP server will allow image and configuration uploads and

downloads over the network.
• The TFTP server can be another router, or it can be a host system.

• The TFTP host can be any system that has TFTP software loaded and
operating and able to receive files from the TCP/IP network.

running-config startup-config IOS

IOS (running)
RAM
copy flash tftp
copy tftp flash
copy startup-config tftp

copy tftp startup-config
copy running-config tftp
copy tftp running-config

• Troubleshooting: Be sure you can ping the TFTP server.

TFTP Software and Servers
Router# copy flash tftp
• When using Windows, the TFTP server software must be running.

• The copy can be performed from the console port or from a telnet session.
• The telnet session can be performed on the same computer where the TFTP
server is running (or to a different computer).
• TFTP software either comes free with the OS (Linux/Unix) or can be

downloaded for free.

Cisco TFTP Server.lnk
• Just double click on the shortcut…

• Remember, TFTP is “Trivial” FTP:
– No authentication
– No login
– No choice for directory
– Uses UDP and verified via a TFTP checksum (not TCP ACKs)

Summary (1/2)
The router has several modes:

• User EXEC mode
• Privileged EXEC mode
• Global configuration mode
• Other configuration modes
The command-line interface may be used to make changes to
the configuration:
• Setting the hostname
• Setting passwords
• Configuring interfaces
• Modifying configurations
• Showing configurations
Summary (2/2)
An understanding of the following key points should have

been achieved:
• Configuration standards are key elements in the success of
any organization maintaining an efficient network.
• Interface descriptions can include important information to
help network administrators understand and troubleshoot
their networks.
• Login banners and messages-of-the-day provide users with
information upon login to the router.
• Host name resolutions translate names to IP addresses to
allow the router to quickly convert names to addresses.
• Configuration backup and documentation is extremely
important to keep a network operating smoothly.

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CCNA 1 version 3.0

Students completing this module should be able to:

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Not recommended, clear text

Encrypts the passwords

Use this command instead, password is encryped

Router(config)#enable secret <password>

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Doesn’t work for enable secret!

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Router# conf t (abbreviated)

Router(config)# router protocol

Router(config)# interface type port

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• We will log into a router a examine some of the show

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Configuring an IP Address on an interface…

Router# show ip interface brief

Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol

What is wrong here? The administrator has either done a “shutdown”

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• On serial links that are directly interconnected, as in a lab environment,

Router(config)#interface serial 0/0

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<300-4000000> Choose clockrate from list above

RouterB(config-if)#clock rate 64000

DTE Cable DCE Cable

RouterB#show controllers serial 0

This end up!

• Please be very careful when connecting the male and female

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running-config startup-config IOS Bootup program

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• Changes to the router are automatically put in the running-config file.

Router# copy running-config startup-config

Router#copy running-config startup-config

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Router#copy running-config start-up

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Router# copy running-config startup-config

Router#copy runningconfig startup-config Incorrect file name!

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These commands can only be done in privilege mode

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Gateway#show interface ethernet 0

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User Access Verification

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Router# ping 172.16.32.1