Practical-3 Configure Initial Router Settings

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Configure Initial Router Settings

Basic Router Configuration Steps
Practical Title: Basic Router Configuration
Practical Objective: Implement initial settings on a router and

end devices.
Topic Title Topic Objective
Configure Initial Router Configure initial settings on an IOS Cisco router.
Settings
Configure Interfaces Configure two active interfaces on a Cisco IOS

router.
Configure the Default Configure devices to use the default gateway.

Gateway
The following tasks should be completed when configuring initial settings
on a router.
1.Configure the device name.
Router(config)# hostname hostname
2. Secure privileged EXEC mode.
Router(config)# enable secret password
3. Secure user EXEC mode.
Router(config)# line console 0

Router(config-line)# password password
Router(config-line)# login
4. Secure remote Telnet / SSH access.
Router(config-line)# line vty 0 4

Router(config-line)# password password
Router(config-line)# login
Router(config-line)# transport input {ssh | telnet}
5. Secure all passwords in the config file.
Router(config-line)# exit
Router(config)# service password-encryption
6. Provide legal notification.
Router(config)# banner motd delimiter message delimiter
7. Save the configuration.
Router(config)# end
Router# copy running-config startup-config
Basic Router Configuration Example
In this example, router R1 in the topology diagram will be configured

with initial settings.
Configure Router Interfaces
At this point, your routers have their basic configurations. The next step is to
configure their interfaces. This is because routers are not reachable by end
devices until the interfaces are configured. There are many different types of
interfaces available on Cisco routers. For example, the Cisco ISR 4321 router is
equipped with two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces:
Router(config)# interface type-and-number
Router(config-if)# description description-text
•GigabitEthernet 0/0/0 (G0/0/0) Router(config-if)# ip address ipv4-address subnet-mask
•GigabitEthernet 0/0/1 (G0/0/1) Router(config-if)# ipv6 address ipv6-address/prefix-
length
Router(config-if)# no shutdown
The task to configure a router interface is very similar to a management SVI on

a switch. Specifically, it includes issuing the following commands:
Although the description command is not required to enable an interface, it

is good practice to use it. It can be helpful in troubleshooting on production
networks by providing information about the type of network connected. For
example, if the interface connects to an ISP or service carrier,
the description command would be helpful to enter the third-party
connection and contact information.
Using the no shutdown command activates the interface and is similar to

powering on the interface. The interface must also be connected to another
device, such as a switch or a router, for the physical layer to be active.
Verify Interface Configuration
There are several commands that can be used to verify interface

configuration. The most useful of these is the show ip interface
brief and show ipv6 interface brief commands, as shown in the
example.
Configuration Verification Commands
The table summarizes the more popular show commands used to verify
interface configuration.
Commands Description
The output displays all interfaces, their IP addresses, and their

show ip interface brief current status. The configured and connected interfaces
show ipv6 interface should display a Status of “up” and Protocol of “up”. Anything
brief else would indicate a problem with either the configuration or
the cabling.
show ip route
show ipv6 route Displays the contents of the IP routing tables stored in RAM.
Displays statistics for all interfaces on the device. However,

show interfaces this command will only display the IPv4 addressing
information.
show ip interfaces Displays the IPv4 statistics for all interfaces on a router.
show ipv6 interface Displays the IPv6 statistics for all interfaces on a router.
Configure the Default Gateway
If your local network has only one router, it will be the gateway router and all hosts
and switches on your network must be configured with this information. If your
local network has multiple routers, you must select one of them to be the default
gateway router. This topic explains how to configure the default gateway on hosts
and switches.
For an end device to communicate over the network, it must be configured with
the correct IP address information, including the default gateway address. The
default gateway is only used when the host wants to send a packet to a device on
another network. The default gateway address is generally the router interface
address attached to the local network of the host. The IP address of the host device
and the router interface address must be in the same network.
For example, assume an IPv4 network topology consisting of a router

interconnecting two separate LANs. G0/0/0 is connected to network 192.168.10.0,
while G0/0/1 is connected to network 192.168.11.0. Each host device is configured
with the appropriate default gateway address.
In this example, if PC1 sends a packet to PC2, then the default gateway is not used.
Instead, PC1 addresses the packet with the IPv4 address of PC2 and forwards the packet
directly to PC2 through the switch.
What if PC1 sent a packet to PC3? PC1 would address the packet with the IPv4 address of PC3,
but would forward the packet to its default gateway, which is the G0/0/0 interface of R1. The
router accepts the packet and accesses its routing table to determine that G0/0/1 is the appropriate
exit interface based on the destination address. R1 then forwards the packet out of the appropriate
interface to reach PC3.
Default Gateway on a Switch
A switch that interconnects client computers is typically a Layer 2 device. As such,
a Layer 2 switch does not require an IP address to function properly. However, an
IP configuration can be configured on a switch to give an administrator remote
access to the switch.
To connect to and manage a switch over a local IP network, it must have a switch
virtual interface (SVI) configured. The SVI is configured with an IPv4 address and
subnet mask on the local LAN. The switch must also have a default gateway
address configured to remotely manage the switch from another network.
The default gateway address is typically configured on all devices that will
communicate beyond their local network.
To configure an IPv4 default gateway on a switch, use the ip default-gateway ip-

address global configuration command. The ip-address that is configured is the
IPv4 address of the local router interface connected to the switch.
The figure shows an administrator establishing a remote connection to switch S1 on another

network.
The diagram is a network topology showing a router R1 connected to two switches, S1 on

network 192.168.10.0/24, and S2 on network 192.168.11.0/24. A user is connected to S2 and
an arrow shows the user is accessing S1 remotely. Above the user is a box showing the user
has CLI access to S1 and is displaying the running configuration.
In this example, the administrator host would use its default gateway to send the
packet to the G0/0/1 interface of R1. R1 would forward the packet to S1 out of its G0/0/0
interface. Because the packet source IPv4 address came from another network, S1
would require a default gateway to forward the packet to the G0/0/0 interface of R1.
Therefore, S1 must be configured with a default gateway to be able to reply and
establish an SSH connection with the administrative host.
Note: Packets originating from host computers connected to the switch must already
have the default gateway address configured on their host computer operating
systems.

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Practical Title: Basic Router Configuration

Practical Objective: Implement initial settings on a router and

Configure Interfaces Configure two active interfaces on a Cisco IOS

Configure the Default Configure devices to use the default gateway.

Router(config)# hostname hostname

2. Secure privileged EXEC mode.

Router(config)# enable secret password

3. Secure user EXEC mode.

Router(config)# line console 0

Router(config-line)# line vty 0 4

5. Secure all passwords in the config file.

6. Provide legal notification.

Router(config)# banner motd delimiter message delimiter

7. Save the configuration.

In this example, router R1 in the topology diagram will be configured

The task to configure a router interface is very similar to a management SVI on

Although the description command is not required to enable an interface, it

Using the no shutdown command activates the interface and is similar to

There are several commands that can be used to verify interface

The output displays all interfaces, their IP addresses, and their

Displays statistics for all interfaces on the device. However,

For example, assume an IPv4 network topology consisting of a router

To configure an IPv4 default gateway on a switch, use the ip default-gateway ip-

The figure shows an administrator establishing a remote connection to switch S1 on another

The diagram is a network topology showing a router R1 connected to two switches, S1 on

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