Cisco Systems 1900 Series manual Diagnoses initial network connectivity, Router’s IP address

Chapter 5 Configuring the Router

Performing the Initial Configuration on the Router

DETAILED STEPS

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1
	enable	Enables privileged EXEC mode.
		• Enter your password if prompted.
	Example:
	Router> enable
Step 2
	ping [ip-address hostname]	Diagnoses initial network connectivity.
		• To verify connectivity, ping the next hop router or
	Example:	connected host for each configured interface.
	Router# ping 172.16.74.5
Step 3
	telnet {ip-address hostname}	Logs in to a host that supports Telnet.
		• If you want to test the vty line password, perform this
	Example:	step from a different network device, and use your
	Router# telnet 10.20.30.40	router’s IP address.

Examples

The following display shows sample output for the ping command when you ping the IP address 192.168.7.27:

Router# ping

Protocol [ip]:

Target IP address: 192.168.7.27 Repeat count [5]:

Datagram size [100]: Timeout in seconds [2]: Extended commands [n]: Sweep range of sizes [n]:

Type escape sequence to abort.

Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.7.27, timeout is 2 seconds:

!!!!!

Success rate is 100 percent, round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms

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