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Configuring RIP Routing

This document provides instructions for configuring RIP routing between two Cisco routers. It involves 9 steps: 1) changing the hostname and disabling domain lookup on router A, 2) configuring passwords, 3) configuring Ethernet and serial interfaces on router A, 4) enabling RIP and specifying networks, 5) saving the configuration, 6) repeating for router B, 7) configuring one router as DCE, and 8) verifying the configuration works by pinging between hosts and checking routing tables and interface status.

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Configuring RIP Routing

This document provides instructions for configuring RIP routing between two Cisco routers. It involves 9 steps: 1) changing the hostname and disabling domain lookup on router A, 2) configuring passwords, 3) configuring Ethernet and serial interfaces on router A, 4) enabling RIP and specifying networks, 5) saving the configuration, 6) repeating for router B, 7) configuring one router as DCE, and 8) verifying the configuration works by pinging between hosts and checking routing tables and interface status.

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CCNA TechLab: Configuring RIP Routing

Lab Requirements: to be able to perform the tasks in this lab you need 2 Cisco routers
connected to each other. In this TechLan we assumed two 2501 routers, but pretty much set
of routers will do. This lab does not cover how to physically connect the routers and the
hosts, but rather assumes you can tell by looking at the diagram. If you need information on
how to setup your lab physically, please refer to our Setting up the Hardware TechLab.
This lab comes in three versions, the one you are looking at, a printer-friendly version with
the commands, and a printer-friendly version without the commands that can be used as an
assessment. The printer-friendly versions are for members only. Also note the the
commands in this lab often include the router command prompt and never use the
abbreviated form.

This first CCNA TechLab covers a couple of basic configuration tasks, such as setting
passwords and enabling IP routing using RIP. You will need a lab setup similar to the network
diagram below:

Before you start, make sure you clear both routers' configuration using the
Router#erase startup-config command. First we will configure RouterA, after the
router reboots, the following message will be displayed:

% Please answer 'yes' or 'no'.


Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]

Type no and press ENTER. Press ENTER again when the message Press RETURN to
get started appears. Type enable at the Router> command prompt to enter
Privileged Exec mode, notice the prompt chances to Router#.

CONFIGURING THE FIRST ROUTER

STEP 1. Change the router's host name to RouterA

Enter configuration mode using the following command:


Router#configure terminal
Change the host name of the router to RouterA using the following command :
Router(config)#hostname RouterA
RouterA(config)#
Notice how changing the hostname immediately affects the prompt. Remember that
you are configuring the running configuration.

STEP 2. Disable domain lookups

To prevent the router from interpreting every incorrectly typed command as a host
name and trying to resolve it to an IP address to setup a telnet connection with it,
use the following command:
RouterA(config)#no ip domain-lookup

STEP 3. Configure passwords

First set the enable password to cisco123 using the following command:
RouterA(config)#enable secret cisco123

Next, set the password for telnet connections to cisco456 using the following
commands:
RouterA(config)#line vty 0 4
RouterA(config-line)#password cisco456
RouterA(config-line)#login

Although the enable secret command is used to encrypt the enable password, other
passwords stored in the router's configuration should be encrypted as well. To do
this, use the following command:
RouterA(config)#service password-encryption

STEP 4. Configuring the Ethernet interface

Enter Interface configuration mode for the Ethernet interface, using the following
command:
RouterA(config)#interface Ethernet 0

Give it the description "Connected to LAN" using the following command:


RouterA(config-if)#description Connected to LAN1

Configure the IP address (see diagram for correct address) for the interface using
the following command:
RouterA(config-if)#ip address 192.168.11.1 255.255.255.0

Enable the interface using the following command:


RouterA(config-if)#no shutdown

STEP 5. Configure the serial WAN interface

Switch to Interface configuration mode for the first Serial interface, using the
following command:
RouterA(config)#interface Serial 0

Give it the description "Direct connection to RouterB" using the following command:
RouterA(config-if)#description connected to RouterB

Configure the IP address (see diagram for correct address) for the interface using
the following command:
RouterA(config-if)#ip address 192.168.22.5 255.255.255.0

Configure the interface to use PPP encapsulation using the following command:
RouterA(config-if)#encapsulation ppp

Enable the interface using the following command:


RouterA(config-if)#no shutdown

STEP 6. Configure RIP

Use the following command to enable RIP on RouterA:


RouterA(config)#router rip

Configure the router to receive and send only RIP Version 2 packets using the
following command:
RouterA(config-router)#version 2

Use the following commands to specify the networks directly connected to the
router:
RouterA(config-router)#network 192.168.11.0
RouterA(config-router)#network 192.168.22.0

STEP 7. Save configuration

To copy the currently running active configuration to NVRAM, so it will be used the
next time you reload the router, use the following command:
RouterA#copy running-config startup-config

STEP 8. Configuration second router

To configure the other router, RouterB, repeat the steps above. Use the network
diagram to determine the correct addressing and names. To enable the back-to-
back serial connection between te routers, you need to configure one router as DCE
using the following command in Interface configuration mode for the serial
connection on RouterB:
RouterB(config-if)#clock rate 64000

STEP 9. Verify and test the configuration

Verify using the ping command Host A to Host B, make sure you configured both
hosts to use the nearest router's interface as the default gateway in the TCP/IP
settings.

On both routers, run the following command in Privileged Exec mode to determine
which device is the DCE:
Router#show controllers s0

On one of the routers, run the following command in Privileged Exec mode to
display the parameters and current state of the active routing protocol process, and
examine the output:
Router#show ip protocols

Use the following command to verify routing table entries on both routers:
Router#show ip route

Use the following command to list a summary of the interface's IP information and
status on both routers, and examine the output:
Router#show ip interface

Use the same command with the brief option, and the notice output:
Router#show ip interface brief

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