CCNA Semester 2 Chapter 03 CONFIGURING A ROUTER
Objectives
Introduces the basic configuration modes of the router Provides opportunities to practice simple configurations.
Table of Content
1 Configuring a Router 2 Finishing a configuration
CONFIGURING A ROUTER
Overview of Router Modes
Configuring a Router Name
A router should be given a unique name as one of the first configuration tasks.
Router(config)#hostname Tokyo Tokyo(config)#
Configuring Router Passwords
Other Console-Line Commands
Router(config)#line console 0 Router(config-line)#exec-timeout 0 0
Prevents console session timeout
Router(config)#line console 0 Router(config-line)#logging synchronous
Redisplays interrupted console input
Examining the show Commands
There are many show commands that you can use to examine the contents of files in the router and for troubleshooting. In both privileged EXEC and user EXEC modes, the command show ? provides a list of available show commands.
Interface Configuration Commands
Configuring an Ethernet Interface
To configure an Ethernet interface follow these steps: Enter global configuration mode.
Enter interface configuration mode. Specify the interface address and subnet mask. Enable the interface.
Example
Router(config)#interface ethernet 0 Router(config-if)#ip address [Link] [Link] Router(config-if)#no shutdown
Serial Interface configuration step
Enter global configuration mode Enter interface mode Specify the interface address and subnet mask Set clock rate if a DCE cable is connected. Skip this step if a DTE cable is connected. Turn on the interface
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DTE - DCE
Serial Connection in Lab
Example
Router(config)#interface serial 0/0 Router(config-if)#clock rate 64000 Router(config-if)#no shutdown Determine DCE interface:
show controller <interface>
Disabling or Enabling an Interface
nfigure terminal nfig)#interface serial 0 nfig-if)#shutdown HANGED: Interface Serial0, changed state to administratively down O-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0, changed state to down
Administratively turns off an interface
r#configure terminal r(config)#interface serial 0 r(config-if)#no shutdown -3-UPDOWN: Interface Seria0, changed state to up PROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line Protocol on Interface Serial0, changed state to up
Enables an interface that is administratively shut down
Configuring Interface Descriptions
An interface description should be used to identify important information such as a distant router, a circuit number, or a specific network segment.
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Router show interfaces Command
Router#show interfaces Ethernet0 is up, line protocol is up Hardware is Lance, address is 00e0.1e5d.ae2f (bia 00e0.1e5d.ae2f) Internet address is [Link]/24 MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255 Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec) ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout [Link] Last input [Link], output [Link], 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 81833 packets input, 27556491 bytes, 0 no buffer Received 42308 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles 1 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 1 ignored, 0 abort 0 input packets with dribble condition detected 55794 packets output, 3929696 bytes, 0 underruns 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets 0 babbles, 0 late collision, 4 deferred 0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier 0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
Interpreting the Interface Status
Verifying a Serial Interface Configuration
Router#show interface serial 0 Serial0 is up, line protocol is up Hardware is HD64570 Internet address is [Link]/24 MTU 1500 bytes, BW 64 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255 Encapsulation HDLC, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec) BW 64 Kbit, Last input [Link], output [Link], output hang never Last clearing of "show interface" counters never Input queue: 0/75/0 (size/max/drops); Total output drops: 0 Queueing strategy: weighted fair Output queue: 0/1000/64/0 (size/max total/threshold/drops) Conversations 0/1/256 (active/max active/max total) Reserved Conversations 0/0 (allocated/max allocated) 5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec 5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec (output omitted)
Serial Interface show controller Command
Router#show controller serial 0 HD unit 0, idb = 0x121C04, driver structure at 0x127078 buffer size 1524 HD unit 0, V.35 DTE cable Cable . . .
Shows the cable type of serial cables
Login Banners
Configuring Message-of-the-Day (MOTD)
Host Name Resolutions
Host name resolution is the process that a computer system uses to associate a host name with an IP address. Host names, unlike DNS names, are significant only on the router on which they are configured.
Command: ip host name
Global configuration mode. The ip host command makes a static nameto-address entry in the router's configuration file. Example: # ip host LAB_A [Link] [Link] # ip host 2323 Server_Unix [Link]
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Configuring Host Tables
Command: ip name-server
Global configuration mode. Defines which hosts can provide the name service. Maximum of six IP addresses as name servers in a single command. Any time the OS software receives a host name it does not recognize, it refers to DNS for the IP address of that device. Example: # ip name-server [Link] [Link]
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Command: ip name-server
Global configuration mode. Defines which hosts can provide the name service. Maximum of six IP addresses as name servers in a single command. Any time the OS software receives a host name it does not recognize, it refers to DNS for the IP address of that device. Example: # ip name-server [Link] [Link]
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Command: no ip domain-lookup
Global configuration mode. DNS is enabled by default with a server address of [Link], which is a local broadcast. This command turns off name-to-address translation in the router. This means that the router will not generate or forward name system broadcast packets. Example: # no ip domain-lookup
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Command: show hosts
User mode. The show hosts command is used to display a cached listof host names and addresses. Example: # show hosts
ROUTER CONFIGURATION FILES
Configuration file
Contains commands to customize router operation. The router uses this information when it starts up.
Configuration files
11.0 Configuration files
Pre-11.0 Configuration files
Configuration Backup and Documentation
Using the copy running-config tftp Command
Using the copy tftp running-config Command
Summary
The router has several modes:
User EXEC mode Privileged EXEC mode Global configuration mode Other configuration modes. Configure hostname Configure password Configure interface Configure login banner Host name resolution Backup and document configuration.
The basic configuration:
Q&A
