Chapter 6. General Router Configurations

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This chapter covers the following key topics:

• Configuring a host name

• Configuring enable, console, and vty passwords

• Configuring a message of the day (MOTD) banner

• Enabling and disabling DNS lookup

• Configuring a console port

• Creating a host table for Telnet access

• Writing a basic configuration script in Notepad

This chapter covers the basic router configuration steps, with demonstrations on how to configure host names ; set the enable, console, and vty passwords; configure a message of the day banner; and configure each router for Telnet access. You will learn how to enable and disable DNS resolution, ensure that your console connection does not time out, and configure the console port so that console messages do not append to the command line. Finally, you will create a host file on each router to facilitate Telnet access.

Each router in the lab will have some basic router configuration requirements that are the same. Although these steps are basic, they are an essential component to successfully administering Cisco routers.

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