Chapter 10. Configuring a Cisco Router

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • Running and startup configuration files

  • TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

  • Configuration register

  • Standard access Lists

  • enable secret password command

  • service password-encryption command

  • Boot field

  • Link Control Protocol (LCP)

  • Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

  • ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)

  • Frame relay

  • IP extended access lists

Techniques you'll need to master:

  • Copying and moving configuration files

  • Configuring a router during initial setup

  • Identifying main Cisco IOS commands for router startup

  • Loading and backing up of Cisco IOS

  • Configuring a router to use PPP, ISDN, and/or frame relay

  • Configuring routing protocols

  • Configuring standard and extended access list for IP

If you ever wanted some hands-on experience to help you in your CCNA preparation (of course you do), then this chapter is for you. This chapter focuses on a number of very important and often-applied skills in networking. The ability to manage configuration files, to load and copy Cisco software, and to understand the impact of these types of commands is vital for your success. More importantly, you need to master these crucial skills to avoid causing a disaster in your company's network and pass the exam of course. Understanding the many password types and security levels used on Cisco routers is equally important. Finally, this chapter describes and illustrates the steps required to set up a router via the initial setup sequence. However, let's start with a review of key concepts from Chapter 8, where we first introduced router configuration.



CCNA Exam Cram[tm] 2 (Exams 640-821, 640-811, 640-801)
CCNA Exam Cram[tm] 2 (Exams 640-821, 640-811, 640-801)
ISBN: 789730197
EAN: N/A
Year: 2005
Pages: 155

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