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Cisco Configuration Professional Quick Start Guide
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Task 2: Configure the Router for Cisco CP
Entering the Configuration Commands Manually
If you don’t want to use the factory default configuration because the router already has a configuration,
or for any other reason, you can use the procedure in this section to add each required command to the
configuration.
To enter the Cisco IOS commands manually, complete the following steps:
Step 1
Log on to the router through the Console port or through an Ethernet port.
Step 2
If you use the Console port, and no running configuration is present in the router, the Setup command
Facility starts automatically, and displays the following text:
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
Enter
no
so that you can enter Cisco IOS CLI commands directly.
If the Setup Command Facility does not start automatically, a running configuration is present, and you
should go to the next step.
Step 3
When the router displays the user EXEC mode prompt, enter the
enable
command, and the enable
password, if one is configured, as shown in the following example:
Router>
enable
password
password
Step 4
Enter config mode by entering the config terminal command, as shown in the following example.
Router>
config
terminal
Router(config)#
Step 5
Using the command syntax shown, create a user account with privilege level 15.
Router(config)#
username
name
privilege 15 secret 0
password
Step 6
If no router interface is configured with an IP address, configure one so that you can access the router
over the network. The following example shows the interface Fast Ethernet 0 configured.
Router(config)#
int
FastEthernet0
Router(config-if)#
ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.248
Router(config-if)#
no
shutdown
Router(config-if)#
exit
If you are going to connect the PC directly to the router, the PC must be on the same subnet as this
interface.
Step 7
Configure the router as an http server for nonsecure communication, or as an https server for secure
communication.
To configure the router as an http server, enter the
ip http server
command shown in the example:
Router(config)#
ip http server
To configure the router as an https server, enter the
ip http secure-server
command shown in the
example:
Router(config)#
ip http secure-server
Step 8
Configure the router for local authentication, by entering the
ip http authentication local
command, as
shown in the example:
Router(config)#
ip http authentication local
