Cisco Lab 1 - Tutorial 1
Basic Switch & Router Configuration
 Router: Configure router's hostname, Ethernet interface, BRI interface. Insert a user mode and privilege mode password, enable secret password, encrypt all passwords, configure VTY. Perform basic connectivity tests, check nvram, flash and system IOS version. Create a banner login.
Switch: Configure switch's hostname, Ethernet interface, System name, Switching mode, Broadcast storm control, Port Monitoring, Port configuration, Port Addressing, Network Management, Check Utilisation Report and Switch statistics.
Important Notice
All router and switch configurations should be cleared by our system. If you find lab devices uncleared, please follow our [manual reset] steps and report this to our staff using our forums.
Ensure 'console', 'enable' or 'secret' passwords on all devices are always set to "cisco"
If you choose to use both 'enable' and 'secret' passwords, make sure the 'secret' password is set to 'cisco'
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NOTE: It is vital you do this otherwise our automated system will be unable to clear the lab for the next user. All lab access is logged and abusers will be banned from this site .
Please contact us to report any errors or inconsistencies with regards to this lab.
Part 1 - Cisco Router Configuration
The first part of this tutorial will help you understand how Cisco routers function and the steps required to perform basic configuration. Concepts and theory examined in our Cisco routers section are fully covered here, so you'll be able to gain some real hands-on experience.
Note that almost all configuration commands and options are the same on most Cisco routers, regardless of their model series and IOS versions. At any point, you can access the Cisco 'Help' function by using the question mark '?' symbol at the command prompt as it will provide you with a list of all supported commands along with their descriptions for the mode and the configuration section you are currently in.
Router1 Tasks:
1) Configure Hostname to "r1".
router> enable
router# configure terminal
router(config)# hostname r1
r1(config)# exit
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a) Check router's IOS version, uptime, physical memory, flash memory and verify the router model as shown in the diagram. Make sure the router is configured to load nvram's startup-config when restarted or reloaded.
r1# show version
NOTE: Configuration Register (at the end of the output above) must be set to 0x2102 in order to load nvram's startup-config when restarted or reloaded. Analysis of the output from this command can be found in our site's 'Cisco Router Basics' articles.
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b) List the IOS binary file located in the flash memory and verify its size of 4159154 bytes.
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c)Check the router's CPU utilisation and running processors.
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3) Set 'secret' password to "cisco". Configure VTY lines 0 to 5 (telnet) password to 'firewall'. Finally, set the 'Message of the day' (motd) banner to: "Welcome to Lab 1, Router1".
The motd banner gives a message to every person connecting to the router via telnet, console or auxiliary port.
r1# configure terminal
r1(config)# enable secret cisco
r1(config)# line vty 0 5
r1(config-line)# password firewall
r1(config-line)# exit
r1 (config)# banner motd ^
Enter TEXT message. End with the character '^'.
Welcome to Lab 1, Router1!
^
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4) Disable DNS lookups to stop the router trying to resolve 'unknown commands' (typically typing mistakes) to hostnames or domains. Configure ethernet 0 interface with IP address 192.168.5.1/24, provide an interface description (locally significant) and check the interface to ensure it is not shutdown. Enter "Lan Interface" as the interface's description.
r1(config)# no ip domain-lookup
r1(config)# interface ethernet 0
r1(config-if)# ip address 192.168.5.1 255.255.255.0
r1(config-if)# description Lan Interface
r1(config-if)# no shutdown
r1(config-if)# exit
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5) Copy the router's configuration running configuration (ram) to nvram and reload the router to ensure the new configuration loads automatically.
r1(config)# exit
r1# copy running-config startup-config
Destination filename [startup-config]? [hit 'enter' to accept filename]
Building configuration...
[OK]
r1# reload
Proceed with reload? [confirm] [hit 'enter' to accept]
Once the router has completed it reload cycle, you must enter the following commands to verify the previous commands exist in its configuration:
r1> enable
[Enter your secret password 'cisco']
r1# show running-config
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Part 2 - Cisco Switch Configuration
The second part of the tutorial focuses on the 1900 catalyst switch. Here you'll be required to configure specific aspects while also verifing and monitoring some services. Although the 1900 series switch is considered an old and out-dated switch due to the number of units installed world-wide, we will be covering it just for this lab.
Unlike Cisco's new switches, the first generation 1900 series switches work via a menu driven prompt, making them simple and fast to work with. Our tutorial requires you to find your way through the device's menu and perform the selected functions. Switch1 Tasks:
1) Configure the system's name to "switch1". Enter "Administrator" as the 'Contact name' and "Cisco Lab" as the 'Location' field.
Enter sequence: M , S , N --> sw1
Enter sequence: C --> Administrator
Enter sequence: L --> Cisco Lab
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2) Configure the device's IP address to 192.168.5.2/24 and set the default gateway to 192.168.5.1. Optionally enter 192.168.5.1 as the 1st DNS server and 'cisco.com' as the domain name.
Enter sequence: X, N, I, I --> 192.168.5.2
Enter sequence: S --> 255.255.255.0
Enter sequence: G --> 192.168.5.1
Enter sequence: M --> 192.168.5.1
Enter sequence: D --> cisco.com
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3) Change the switching mode to 'Store-and-Forward'. Decrease the Broadcast Storm 'threshold' to 100 broadcasts per second and set the switch to 'block' the offending port.
Enter sequence: X, X, S, S, 1
Enter sequence: B, T --> 100
Enter sequence: A, B
Enter sequence: X, X [Return to the main menu]
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Enter sequence: S, I --> 1000
Enter sequence: P, 1
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1) From the router, ping 'sw1' to verify connectivity between the two devices. Go back to your router and ping the switch from there.
r1# ping 192.168.5.2
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.5.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
.!!!!
Success rate is 80 percent (4/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 4/5/8 ms
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2) Check the amount of data transmitted and received on your router's ethernet 0 interface.
r1# show interface ethernet 0
Hint: Observe the interface's 'packets input' and 'packets output' figures.
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3) Copy your router's startup-config to the local tftp server 192.168.5.100. You can provide any unique name you wish, just make sure you note it so you can retrieve it later on.
Note: The tftp server is used by all Cisco lab users, so ensure you use unique filenames (e.g username-lab1-r1) so that you don't lose your configuration file by having it overwritten by someone else.
r1# copy startup-config tftp
Address or name of remote host []? 192.168.5.100
Destination filename [r1-confg]? alan-lab1-r1-startupconfig
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404 bytes copied in 0.192 secs (2104 bytes/sec)
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4) Backup your router's IOS image to the local tftp server 192.168.5.100.
r1# dir
Directory of flash:/
1 -rw- 4501427 <no date> c1600-y-mz.123-22.bin
16515072 bytes total (8875980 bytes free)
router1# copy flash tftp
Source filename []? c1600-y-mz.123-22.bin
Address or name of remote host []? 192.168.5.100
Destination filename [c1600-y-mz.123-22.bin]? [Hit Enter ]
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4501427 bytes copied in 53.944 secs (77101 bytes/sec)
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5) It's now time to enable some security measures so we can limit access to our router, while at the same time protecting all passwords entered into the system.
Configure the vty ( 0 to 4) interfaces with the password 'cisco', and encrypt all passwords stored on the router:
r1# configure terminal
r1(config)# line vty 0 4
r1(config-line)# password cisco
r1(config-line)# login
r1(config-line)# exit
r1(config)# service password-encryption
NOTE: If you issue a "show running-config" command before and after the "service password-encryption" command, you'll clearly see the encryption that has taken place to secure your passwords.
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6) It's now time to save our configuration to the router's NVRAM. This is done by using one simple command:
r1(config)# copy running-config startup-config
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Congratulations! You have successfully completed the first tutorial of Cisco Lab No.1.
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