Router basic configuration:
This section includes IOS commands that are absolutely identical on both routers and switches,
except the part of line aux 0 which is configured only on router because switches do not have an
auxiliary port.
Router(config)# hostname R1
R1(config)# enable secret cisco
R1(config)# line con 0
R1(config-line)# password cisco
R1(config-line)# login
R1(config-line)# logging synchronous
R1(config-line)# exec-timeout 30 0
R1(config-line)# exit
R1(config)# line vty 0 4
R1(config-line)# password cisco
R1(config-line)# login
R1(config-line)# logging synchronous
R1(config-line)# exec-timeout 30 0
R1(config-line)# exit
R1(config)# line aux 0
R1(config-line)# password cisco
R1(config-line)# login
R1(config-line)# logging synchronous
R1(config-line)# exec-timeout 30 0
R1(config-line)# exit
R1(config)# banner motd $
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UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IS PROHIBITED
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R1(config)# alias exec c configure terminal
R1(config)# alias exec s show ip interface brief
R1(config)# alias exec sr show running-config
R1(config)# no ip domain-lookup
R1(config)# service password-encryption
R1(config)# ip domain-name [Link]
R1(config)# username admin password cisco
R1(config)# crypto key generate rsa
How many bits in the modulus [512]: 1024
R1(config)# ip ssh version 2
R1(config)# line vty 0 4
R1(config-line)# login local
R1(config-line)# transport input telnet ssh
Configuring router interfaces:
Clock rate is set only on the DCE side, typically the ISP side. On your router which is DTE you
don’t need to set clocking.
R1(config)# interface fastEthernet 0/0
R1(config-if)# description LINK TO LOCAL LAN THROUGH SW1
R1(config-if)# ip address [Link] [Link]
R1(config-if)# no shutdown
R1(config-if)# exit
R1(config)# interface serial 0/1/0
R1(config-if)# description WAN CONNECTION TO R2
R1(config-if)# ip address [Link] [Link]
R1(config-if)# clock rate 128000
R1(config-if)# no shutdown
Configuring Router-On-Stick for vlan routing:
R1(config)# interface fastEthernet 0/0
R1(config-if)# no shutdown
R1(config)# interface fastEthernet 0/0.10
R1(config-subif)# encapsulation dot1q 10
R1(config-subif)# ip address [Link] [Link]
R1(config-subif)# interface fastEthernet 0/0.20
R1(config-subif)# encapsulation dot1q 20
R1(config-subif)# ip address [Link] [Link]
Static route:
Using next hop:
R1(config)# ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]
Using exit interface:
R1(config)# ip route [Link] [Link] Serial 0/0
*Note: Exit interface can be used in point-to-point serial links.
Default Route:
R1(config)# ip route [Link] [Link] [Link]
RIPv2 Configuration:
R1(config)# router rip
R1(config-router)# version 2
R1(config-router)# network [Link] ! written as an original class A
R1(config-router)# no auto-summary
R1(config-router)# passive-interface serial 0/0
RIPv2 Verification:
Shows information about the running routing protocol process:
R1# show ip protocols
Shows the entire routing table:
R1# show ip route
Shows routes learned via RIP only:
R1# show ip route rip
Shows detailed information about the route to the specified destination network:
R1# show ip route [Link]
OSPF Configuration:
Enter OSPF router configuration mode:
R1(config)# router ospf 10 ! 10 = process ID
Configure one or more network commands to identify which interfaces will run OSPF:
R1(config-router)# network [Link] [Link] area 0
R1(config-router)# network [Link] [Link] area 0
R1(config-router)# network [Link] [Link] area 1
Configure router ID either (Optional):
Using router-id ospf subcommand:
R1(config-router)# router-id [Link]
Configuring an IP address on a loopback interface:
R1(config)# interface loopback 0
R1(config-if)# ip address [Link] [Link]
Change Hello and Dead intervals per interface (Optional):
R1(config-if)# ip ospf hello-interval 2
R1(config-if)# ip ospf dead-interval 6
Impact routing choices by tuning interface cost using one of the following ways (Optional):
Changing interface cost:
R1(config-if)# ip ospf cost 55
Changing interface bandwidth:
R1(config-if)# bandwidth 128 ! in Kbps
Changing the reference bandwidth that used by OSPF to calculate the cost:
R1(config-router)# auto-cost reference-bandwidth 1000 ! in Mbps
Disabling OSPF on a certain interface (Optional):
R1(config-router)# passive-interface serial 0/0
Configuring OSPF authentication (Optional):
Type 0 authentication (none):
R1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication null
Type 1 authentication (clear text):
R1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication
R1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication-key cisco
Type 2 authentication (md5):
R1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication message-digest
R1(config-if)# ip ospf message-digest-key 1 md5 cisco
Configure maximum equal-cost paths (Optional):
R1(config-router)# maximum paths 6
OSPF verification:
Shows information about the running routing protocol process:
R1# show ip protocols
Shows the entire routing table:
R1# show ip route
Shows routes learned via OSPF only:
R1# show ip route ospf
Shows all neighboring routers along with their respective adjacency state:
R1# show ip ospf neighbors
Shows all the information contained in the LSDB:
R1# show ip ospf database
Shows detailed information about OSPF running on a specific interface:
R1# show ip ospf interfaces serial 0/0
EIGRP Configuration:
Enter EIGRP configuration mode and define AS number:
R1(config)# router eigrp 121 ! 121 = AS number
Configure one or more network commands to enable EIGRP on the specified interfaces:
R1(config-router)# network [Link]
R1(config-router)# network [Link] [Link]
R1(config-router)# network [Link] [Link]
R1(config-router)# network [Link] [Link]
Disable auto summarization (Optional):
R1(config-router)# no auto-summary
Disable EIGRP on a specific interface (Optional):
R1(config-router)# passive-interface serial 0/0
Configure load balancing parameters (Optional):
R1(config-router)# maximum-paths 6
R1(config-router)# variance 4
Change interface Hello and Hold timers (Optional):
R1(config-if)# ip hello-interval eigrp 121 3
R1(config-if)# ip hold-time eigrp 121 10
Impacting metric calculations by tuning BW and delay of the interface (Optional):
R1(config-if)# bandwidth 265 ! in Kbps)
R1(config-if)# delay 120 ! tens of microseconds
EIGRP Authentication:
The key-string value and the mode must be the same on both routers. Lifetime options of the keys
requires the clock of the routers to be set correctly, better use NTP, or it can cause problems
Create an authentication key chain as follows:
Create a key chain and give it a name:
R1(config)# key chain MY_KEYS
Create one or more keys giving them numbers:
R1(config-keychain)# key 1
Define the key value:
R1(config-keychain-key)# key-string1stKEY
Define the life time of the keys (optional):
R1(config-keychain-key)# send-lifetime [start time] [end time]
R1(config-keychain-key)# accept-lifetime [start time] [end time]
Enable md5 authentication mode for EIGRP on the interface:
R1(config-if)# ip authentication mode eigrp121 md5
Refer to the correct key chain to be used on the interface:
R1(config-if)# ip authentication key-chain eigrp121 MY_KEYS
EIGRP Verification:
Shows routes learned via EIGRP only:
R1# show ip route eigrp
Shows EIGRP neighbors and status:
R1# show ip eigrp neighbors
Shows EIGRP topology table, including successor and feasible successor:
R1# show ip eigrp topology
Shows interfaces that run EIGRP:
R1# show ip eigrp interfaces
Lists statistics on numbers of EIGRP messages sent and received by the router:
R1# show ip eigrp traffic
