Installation Instructions

1026209–0001 Revision B 5–4 Configuring the router
8. If a router HyperTerminal was previously configured:
a. Click the desired HyperTerminal icon.
b. Select Connect from the dropdown list.
9. If a router HyperTerminal was not configured:
a. Click the HyperTerminal icon.
b. Select Connect from the dropdown list.
c. Enter the name for the HyperTerminal (Cisco) and
select an icon.
d. Select Direct to com 1.
e. Click OK.
f. Select 9600 (bits per second) from the dropdown list.
g. Click OK to display an active HyperTerminal
window.
10. Connect power to the router and turn the power switch on.
The router displays a series of boot–up messages.
After bootup is complete, the router displays the user
prompt: Router > .
11. Enter the router privileged mode (Router #) by entering
enable at the Router > prompt.
You cannot modify the configuration file unless the
router is in router privileged mode.
12. Enter the router configuration mode (Router (config)
#) by entering config term at the Router > prompt.
You cannot enter the configuration file unless the router
is in configuration mode.
13. Copy and paste the router configuration text file created in
step 4 into the router. (Place the cursor after the
Router(config)# prompt; then paste.)
14. Save the router configuration file you entered by typing
write at the Router(config)# prompt.
15. Verify that the router configuration file is running by
entering sho run (show running program) at the Router
(config)# prompt.
You should see the contents of the file you edited and saved.
16. Verify that the router configuration file is also the startup
program by entering sho startup at the Router
(config)# prompt.
17. To exit configuration mode, enter exit at the Router
(config)# prompt.
Note
To see the router help screen, enter ? at the Router >
prompt.