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Packet Tracer - Configure Initial Router Settings

Objectives
Part 1: Verify the Default Router Configuration
Part 2: Configure and Verify the Initial Router Configuration
Part 3: Save the Running Configuration File

Background
In this activity, you will perform basic router configuration tasks. You will secure access to the CLI and
console port using encrypted and plain-text passwords. You will also configure messages for users
who are logging into the router. These banners warn unauthorized users that access is prohibited.
Finally, you will verify and save your running configuration.

Instructions
Part 1: Verify the Default Router Configuration
Step 1: Establish a console connection to R1.
a. Choose a Console cable from the available connections.
b. Click PCA and select RS 232.
c. Click R1 and select Console.
d. Click PCA > Desktop tab > Terminal.
e. Click OK and press ENTER. You are now able to configure R1.

Step 2: Enter privileged mode and examine the current configuration.


You can access all the router commands from privileged EXEC mode. However, because many of
the privileged commands configure operating parameters, privileged access should be password-
protected to prevent unauthorized use.
a. Enter privileged EXEC mode by entering the enable command.
Open a configuration window

Router> enable
Router#
Notice that the prompt changed in the configuration to reflect privileged EXEC mode.
b. Enter the show running-config command.
Router# show running-config
Questions:

What is the router’s hostname? Router


How many Fast Ethernet interfaces does the Router have? 4
How many Gigabit Ethernet interfaces does the Router have? 2
How many Serial interfaces does the router have? 2
What is the range of values shown for the vty lines? 1
c. Display the current contents of NVRAM.
Router# show startup-config
startup-config is not present
Question:

Why does the router respond with the startup-config is not present message? There is no
config
Close a configuration window

Part 2: Configure and Verify the Initial Router Configuration


To configure parameters on a router, you may be required to move between various configuration
modes. Notice how the prompt changes as you navigate through the IOS configuration modes.

Step 1: Configure the initial settings on R1.


Note: If you have difficulty remembering the commands, refer to the content for this topic. The
commands are the same as you configured on a switch.
Open a configuration window

a. Configure R1 as the hostname.


b. Configure Message of the day text: Unauthorized access is strictly prohibited.
c. Encrypt all plain text passwords.
Use the following passwords:
1) Privileged EXEC, unencrypted: cisco
2) Privileged EXEC, encrypted: itsasecret
3) Console: letmein

Step 2: Verify the initial settings on R1.


Open a configuration window

a. Verify the initial settings by viewing the configuration for R1.


Question:

What command do you use?


b. Exit the current console session until you see the following message:
R1 con0 is now available

Press RETURN to get started.


c. Press ENTER; you should see the following message:
Unauthorized access is strictly prohibited.

User Access Verification

Password:
Questions:

Why should every router have a message-of-the-day (MOTD) banner? So no one gets into your
router
If you are not prompted for a password before reaching the user EXEC prompt, what console line
command did you forget to configure? enablepass
d. Enter the passwords necessary to return to privileged EXEC mode.
Questions:

Why would the enable secret password allow access to the privileged EXEC mode and the
enable password no longer be valid?when you do service password

Close a configuration window

Part 3: Save the Running Configuration File


Step 1: Save the configuration file to NVRAM.
a. You have configured the initial settings for R1. Now back up the running configuration file to
NVRAM to ensure that the changes made are not lost if the system is rebooted or loses power.
Open a configuration window
Questions:
Close a configuration windowVerify that all of the parameters configured are recorded. If not, analyze the output and determine which commands were not executed or were entered incorrectly. You can also click Check Results in the instruction window.

Step 2: Optional: Save the startup configuration file to flash.


Although you will be learning more about managing the flash storage in a router in later chapters, you
may be interested to know that, as an added backup procedure, you can save your startup
configuration file to flash. By default, the router still loads the startup configuration from NVRAM, but if
NVRAM becomes corrupt, you can restore the startup configuration by copying it over from flash.
Complete the following steps to save the startup configuration to flash.
Open a configuration window

a. Examine the contents of flash using the show flash command:


R1# show flash
Questions:

How many files are currently stored in flash? 1


Which of these files would you guess is the IOS image? 1 file
Why do you think this file is the IOS image? Because theres only one boot
R1# copy startup-config flash
Destination filename [startup-config]
The router prompts you to store the file in flash using the name in brackets. If the answer is yes,
then press ENTER; if not, type an appropriate name and press ENTER.
b. Use the show flash command to verify the startup configuration file is now stored in flash.
Close a configuration window
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