Installation

Phase 4: Initialize and Verify the Router

An Overview of Your Configuration Tools

Quick Configuration: This utility creates a ‘‘getting started’’ configuration from a single screen that accesses the most commonly used router parameters. Some examples of Quick Configuration uses are:

∙Setting a ‘‘getting started’’ configuration, either for the first time or after using the reset/clear buttons to set the router to its default state. (Refer to ‘‘Resetting the Router, Clearing the Passwords, and Clearing the Router’’ on page 2-14.)

∙Easily checking and/or resetting IP addresses and other ‘‘getting started’’ parameters in existing configurations.

Use Quick Configuration first, to set your initial configuration. Then, if testing shows that you need to configure more parameters, or if your network design calls for such areas as X.25 circuits, spanning tree, static routes, or filtering, you can use the full Configuration Editor.

To learn how to use Quick Configuration, refer to the User’s Guide shipped with your router.

Configuration Editor: This tool accesses a hierarchy of menus and screens that include any parameters you need for customizing the router beyond the ‘‘getting started’’ level. Using this editor you can customize all parameters needed to integrate the router into your system (including the subset of parameters you can access through Quick Configuration).

For Configuration Editor operating information, refer to the User’s Guide shipped with your router. For reference information on the parameters accessed by the Configuration Editor, refer to the Operator’s Reference (also shipped with your router).

To Create a Minimal Configuration Now: Starting from the Main menu (page 27), use the Quick Configuration utility first, and then the NCL boot command to create and implement a minimal configuration. (For step-by-step instructions for these two tasks, refer to the User’s Guide.)

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