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Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers (Fixed) Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 5 Power-Up and Initial Configuration Procedures
Configuring the Router
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
If these messages do not appear, then the Cisco SDM software and a default configuration file were
installed on the router at the factory. To use SDM to configure your router, see the
“Initial Configuration
Using Cisco Router and Security Device Manager” section on page 5-4
.
For a description of interface and port numbering, see the
“Interface Numbering” section on page 1-11
.
Step 1
To proceed with manual configuration using the CLI, enter
no
when the power-up messages end:
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
no
Step 2
To terminate autoinstall and continue with manual configuration, press
Return
:
Would you like to terminate autoinstall? [yes]
Return
Several messages are displayed, ending with lines similar to the following:
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Step 3
To bring up the
Router>
prompt, press
Return
:
...
flashfs[4]: Initialization complete.
Router>
Step 4
Enter privileged EXEC mode:
Router>
enable
Router#
Step 5
For configuration procedures, see the online document
Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Router
(Fixed) Software Configuration Guide
.
Note
To avoid losing the work that you have completed, be sure to save your configuration
occasionally as you proceed. Use the
copy running-config startup-config
command to save the
configuration to NVRAM.
Step 6
After you finish the initial configuration, you need to verify the initial configuration. See the
“Verifying
the Initial Configuration” section on page 5-8
for verification procedures.
Verifying the Initial Configuration
To verify that the new interfaces are operating correctly, enter commands as follows:
•
To verify that the interfaces are operating correctly and that the interfaces and line protocol are in
the correct state—up or down—enter
show interfaces
.
•
To display a summary status of the interfaces configured for IP, enter
show ip interface brief
.
•
To verify that you configured the correct hostname and password, enter
show configuration
.