Router Configuration

Configuring Interfaces

Configuration categories

Global configuration mode

parameters set apply to all interfaces

Interface configuration
sets parameters for selected interface

Router Interfaces

types
serial; parallel
most common router set-up has 2 of
each

comparisons

designation
S0,S1; E0,E1

communication
serial to WAN, parallel to LAN

data rates
serial range 10s kbit/s to 2Mbit/s
Parallel range 10/100Mbit/s common,
Gigabit increasingly used

considerations

data rate differential

Gigabit WAN link unlikely

bandwidth v cost
LAN bandwidth not usually an issue
WAN bandwidth costly

Configuration tasks Serial port

Task 1) - assign network address
Task 2) - define encapsulation type
Task 3) - define bandwidth
Task 4) - assign ACLs

Task 1 Assign

network addresses

each interface has a unique network

address
address must match remote
CLI

command to assign network

address is
Router (config-if)#ip address
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn sss.sss.sss.sss

Task 2
define encapsulation type
PPP most widely used encapsulation

ppp, replacing slip as standard serial line

protocol; can encapsulate chap/pap
slip uses PAP encapsulation, less secure
than CHAP

CLI command to define encapsulation

type is
Router (config-if)#encapsulation ppp

Task 3
Define bandwidth
sets data transfer rate of WAN link
used by link-state routing protocols
for path determination

CLI command to define

bandwidth is
Router (config-if)#bandwidth NNNNN

Task 4
Assign ACLs
can permit or deny specific users, protocols,
directions
ACLs created in Global config mode
access-groups implemented on interface
basis

CLI command to assign an access-group

is
Router (config-if)#ip access-group nnn (in/out)

Finally..

Remember no shutdown

Brings interface into service once

configuration complete