In this lab we used a physical router to practice configuration routers. We connected the router to our workstations and practiced simple configuration commands to set up the router. All of the commands I found useful are in the questions from this tech journal so I'll attach them below. I didn't really run into any problems with this lab. Something I learned was that the console cable will always go into the light blue slot.

How to use Putty to connect to a Cisco device

Open putty and in this case we changed our connection type to serial and put in the port # we had found through device manager. Then we clicked open and that will open up a command line interface connecting you to the device.

How to enter Privileged mode on a Cisco device

When you start you should see that it reads Router(or another hostname)> type in "enable" and click enter and it will bring you to the privileged mode. Now you should see that it says Router#.

How to get "help" and prompts for commands on a cisco device

If you type in "?" you get a list of all the possible commands. You can also use this on half finished commands. For example in this lab we typed in "interface fastethernet ?" and it showed us what we were supposed to put in next or options for continuing the command.

How to auto-complete commands on a Cisco device

Type in some of the command and click tab. It should autocomplete.

How to go into Configure Mode

You type in "config T" or "config terminal." It will take you into the config mode.

How to view the configuration

You can exit config mode by saying exit and say “show run” from privileged mode. Or I can assume you would be able to say do show run and be able to show the config file from within the config mode. Since the "do" command lets you run privileged commands from within the config mode.

How to remove config items

You type "no" and then the config command you want to remove. For example in the lab we typed "no hostname" and it deleted the hostname from the config file.

How to save the config

You type in "copy running-config startup-config" or "copy run start" and it saves the configuration you made.

How to restart/reload a cisco device

You type in "reload" from privileged mode.