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4-12 Router Installation and Configuration Guide
Configuring the Router for the First Time
Using Configuration Mode
You can configure the router manually if you do not want to use AutoInstall or the
prompt-driven System Configuration Dialog. Take the following steps to configure the
router manually:
Step 1
Connect a console terminal following the instructions in the section
“Connecting the Console Terminal and Modem” in the chapter “Installing the
Router,” and then power ON the router.
Step 2
When you are prompted to enter the initial dialog, enter no to go into the normal
operating mode of the router:
Would you like to enter the initial dialog? [yes]: no
Step 3
After a few seconds you will see the user EXEC prompt (Router>). Enter the
enable command to enter privileged EXEC mode. You can only make
configuration changes in privileged EXEC mode:
Router> enable
The prompt changes to the privileged EXEC prompt:
Router#
Step 4
Enter the configure terminal command at the privileged EXEC prompt to enter
configuration mode:
Router# configure terminal
You can now enter any changes you want to the configuration. You will probably
want to perform the following tasks:
(a)
Assign a host name for the router using the hostname command.
(b)
Enter an enable secret password using the enable password command.
(c)
Assign addresses to the interfaces using the protocol address command.
(d)
Specify which protocols to support on the interfaces.
Refer to the Cisco IOS configuration guide and command reference publications
for more information about the commands you can use to configure the router.