Section 2 – Basic Cisco Router and Switch Management

Lab 2-1Cisco 2500 Series Router Password Reset
Learn how to reset and/or clear the console and enable passwords from a Cisco 2500 Series Router.

Lab 2-2Cisco 2600 Series Router Password Reset
Learn how to reset and/or clear the console and enable passwords from a Cisco 2600 Series Router(s) and other routers including the 1700, 3600, 3700, 1800, 2800, 3800 and the New ISR G2′s Series routers.

Lab 2-3Fixed Configuration Catalyst Switch Password Reset
Learn how to reset and/or clear the password(s) for the Cisco Catalyst LAN Switches including but not limited to the 2900XL, 2950, 3500XL, 3550, 3560, 3750 Series switches.

Lab 2-4Cisco Device Initial Configuration Dialog
Learn how to configure a Cisco Router and/or switch using the Cisco Initial Configuration Dialog.

Lab 2-5Navigating the Cisco Command Line Interface
Learn how to navigate through the different Cisco CLI modes including user mode, privileged mode, global configuration mode and many others.


Lab 2-6Configuring an IP address on an Interface
Learn how to manually configure an IP (Internet Protocol) Address on a Cisco interface within the Cisco Command Line.

Lab 2-7Configuring Interface Specific Configurations
Learn how to configure interface specific configurations such as Speed, Duplex, MTU, Description and many others.

Lab 2-8Configuring a Loopback Interface
Learn how to create and configure loopback interfaces on a Cisco Router.

Lab 2-9Upgrading the Cisco Internetwork Operating System
Learn how to upgrade the Cisco IOS software image on your Cisco Router or Switch.

Lab 2-10Recovering a Corrupt Cisco IOS Image on a 2500 Series Router
Learn how to recover a corrupt IOS “Internetwork Operating System” Image on a Cisco 2500 Series router. You may use this lab for other platforms as well including but not limited to the 3000 Series, AS5100, and uBR900 Series Routers.

Lab 2-11Recovering a Corrupt Cisco IOS Image on a 2600 Series Router
Learn how to recover a corrupt IOS “Internetwork Operating System” Image on a Cisco 2600 Series router. You may use this lab for other platforms as well including but not limited to the 1700, 1800, 1900, 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900 Series Routers.


Lab 2-12Recovering a Corrupt Cisco IOS Image on a Catalyst Switch
Learn how to recover a corrupt Cisco IOS image on the Cisco Catalyst 2950, 3550, 3560, 3750 Series switch using xModem.

Lab 2-13Configuring Login, EXEC, Incoming and MOTD Banners
Learn how to configure a Login, EXEC, and Message of the Day Banners on your Cisco Router and/or Switch.

Lab 2-14Reset Cisco IOS Configuration Specific Defaults
Learn how to reset specific configurations within Cisco IOS back to the default IOS configurations using the default command.