Learning Cisco CLI Router Configuration

Learn how to configure a Cisco router to transmit data between local area networks and connect to the Internet.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files
• Exploring the router

1. Accessing the Router

• The Cisco 1841 router
• Using out-of-band router access
• Exploring terminal emulation
• Introducing to user mode, privileged mode, and global configuration mode
• Using the built-in help

2. Global Commands

• Configuring a router hostname
• Disabling IP domain lookup
• Creating a banner message
• Saving the active config and viewing the start and run files

3. Secure Management Access

• Securing console and Telnet access
• Securing Privileged EXEC mode access
• Encrypting passwords

4. Configuring Interfaces

• Viewing the router interfaces
• Configuring ethernet interfaces
• Configuring serial interfaces
• Configuring the loopback interface

5. Configuring Static and Default Routes

• Introducing the routing table and static routes
• Working with recursive static routes
• Using directly connected static routes
• Configuring default static routes

6. Configuring Dynamic Routing

• Understanding dynamic routing
• Introducing the RIPv2 routing protocol
• Basic RIPv2 configuration
• Configuring passive interfaces and forwarding the default route

7. Verifying Configurations

• Displaying route configuration
• Displaying running and startup configurations
• Displaying interface configurations

Next Steps

• Goodbye