Identifying and Resolving Generic Router Problems
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Identifying and Resolving Generic Router
Problems
T
his section deals with Cisco routers and some simple generic prob-
lems that can be remedied easily, once they are identified. Each scenario will
be accompanied by outputs from relevant diagnostic tools. The focus will be
placed on the router itself because many other scenarios involve additional
network equipment.
Scenario #1
You are installing a Cisco 2600 series router that was sent to you after headquar-
ters entered the preliminary configuration. You are connected to the console port.
You power on the router, and this is what you see as the router boots:
List Observations
System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA3, PLATFORM SPECIFIC
RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1998 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 24576 Kbytes of main memory
program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size:
0x37b090
Self decompressing the image :
##########################################################
##########################################################
##########################################################
##########################################################
##########################################################
############################## [OK]
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