Use SDM to Configure the Router

Use SDM to Configure the Router

This section explains how to use the SDM Startup wizard to deploy your router with a working LAN and WAN configuration. Once the router is deployed you can use SDM to further configure LAN and WAN interfaces, dynamic routing, Network Address Translation (NAT), firewalls, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and other features on your router. SDM runs under Internet Explorer version 5.5 or later, on a PC that is running Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 4), or Windows 98. SDM runs under Netscape 4.79 on a PC that is running Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 4).

Task 1: Install Interface Cards, and Cable the Router

Before SDM can be used to configure the router, you must install all the necessary hardware accessories that are applicable to your router, such as WAN interface cards (WICs), Network Modules (NMs), or AIM cards that you will use to connect to the network. Refer to the Quick Start Guide for your router for instructions on installing these interface cards, cabling the router, and verifying that all the connections are working properly.

Task 2: Set Up the PC

You have to set up the PC to communicate with SDM. SDM is shipped with a default configuration file that assigns an IP address to a LAN interface on the router, and you must configure the PC to be on the same subnet as the router’s LAN interface.

Because the router is not preconfigured as a DHCP server, you must assign a static IP address to the PC. Assign an IP address in the range of 10.10.10.2 to 10.10.10. 6 to the Ethernet port of the PC, as shown in Figure 1. Use the subnet mask 255.255.255.248. The lowest numbered Ethernet interface of the router is preconfigured with the IP address 10.10.10.1.

Figure 1

Configure the PC with a Static IP Address in the 10.10.10.0 Subnet

 

 

 

 

10.10.10.0 subnet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configure

Factory configuration

 

 

 

 

static IP address

10.10.10.1/255.255.255.248

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.10.10.2/255.255.255.248

 

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Use an Ethernet cable to connect the PC’s Ethernet adapter to the lowest-numbered Ethernet port on the router. See Table 1 to determine which port to connect the PC to, and what type of cable to use. The Ethernet LED for your router listed in Table 1 turns on when the connection is made. Although Figure 1 does not show an Ethernet switch between the PC and the router, an Ethernet switch can be used with straight through cables.

 

 

 

 

Table 1

Router Port Numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Router Model

Cable Type

Port Number

LED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

831, 836, and 837

Straight through (standard)

Ethernet ports 1, 2, 3, or 4

E1, E2, E3, or E4

 

 

 

 

 

 

1701

 

Crossover, or straight through

Ethernet 10/100

ETH ACT

 

 

 

 

 

 

with Ethernet switch

(Yellow port on router)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM) Quick Start Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

78-16254-01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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