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Cisco Configuration Professional Quick Start Guide
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Task 5: Run the Cisco CP Express Wizard
Task 5: Run the Cisco CP Express Wizard
This task section explains how to run the Cisco CP Express wizard to give the router a basic
configuration.
Cisco CP Express is a Cisco CP program that lets you quickly configure the router LAN and Internet
connections. After you use Cisco CP Express to give the router these basic connections, you can use
Cisco CP for more complex configurations. Cisco recommends that you use the Cisco CP Express
wizard to configure the following features:
•
Router name
•
Username and passwords
•
LAN IP address
•
DHCP server, if needed.
Although you can use the wizard to configure a WAN connection, a firewall, and security settings, it is
not required that you do so. Cisco CP provides wizards to help you configure these features.
To use the Cisco CP Express wizard, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Open a web browser on the PC, disable any active popup blockers, and enter the following URL:
http://10.10.10.1
Step 2
Enter the username
cisco
, and the password
cisco
in the login window. If other login windows appear
during the startup process, enter the same credentials (cisco/cisco). See the Tip section if the login
window does not appear.
Tip
If the launch page does not appear when you enter the URL
http://10.10.10.1
, test the connection
between the PC and the router by doing the following:
•
Check that the Power LED on the router is on, and that the LED for the port to which you connected
the PC is on, indicating an active Ethernet connection between the router and the PC. If this LED is
not lit, verify that you are using a crossover cable to connect the PC to the router, or that you are
using a straight-through cable between the router and the switch.
•
Verify that the web browser “work offline” option is disabled. In Internet Explorer, click the
File
menu, and verify that the “work offline” option is unchecked.
•
Verify that the files cpexpress.tar, home.tar, and home.shtml files are loaded into flash memory.
Open a Telnet session to 10.10.10.1, entering the username
cisco
and the password
cisco
. Enter the
show flash
command to display the files that are loaded in flash memory.
Who Should Use this Section
If you are setting up a new router, and want to use Cisco CP Express to
give the router a basic configuration, use this section.
Who Can Skip this Section
If you want to use Cisco CP to manage a router that is already in use, you
can skip this section.
