Lab A.1: Logging into a Cisco Router
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Lab A.10: Setting the Router Hostnames
Lab A.11: Setting Interface Descriptions
Lab A.12: Saving Your Configurations
Lab A.13: Verifying Your Configurations
Lab A.14: Final Lab
Lab A.1: Logging into a Cisco Router
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his first lab will have you connect to a router and teach you how to
log in using the
enable
and
disable
commands.
1.
Connect to a router through the Network Visualizer and press Return.
The
Router>
prompt will appear. This is called
user mode
and is
mostly used to view statistics, though it is also a stepping-stone to
logging into
privileged mode.
You can only view and change the con-
figuration of a Cisco router in privileged mode, which you enter with
the
enable
command.
Router>
Router>
enable
Router#
2.
You now end up with a
Router#
prompt, which indicates you are in
privileged mode. You can both view and change the configuration in
this mode. You can go back from privileged mode to user mode by
using the
disable
command.
Router#
disable
Router>
3.
At this point, you can type
logout
to exit the console.
Router>
logout
Router con0 is now available
Press RETURN to get started.
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