Power outage, and recovery from it.

[bsingin64]

I have a hopefully simple question. I have a cisco 806 router for our small company. And I have a worry about losing my configuration if a power outage comes along. I need to know if, and how, it is possible to "flash" or load the entire configuration from a previously saved telnet session, like a show config command dumped into a text file. Or is there any other way. I thought of Cisco ConfigMaker, but it doesnt support the 806. Any help is VERY appreciated, as even tonight, i thought i'd have to make an early trip to the office to re configure my router due to a power-knocking wind storm

[ndarukha]

Hi,

Are you saving the config changes? Typically, running configuration is lost when a router is powered off without saving the config.

Here's the URL on saving config changes from Cisco 806 router config guide.

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_fix/806/806swcg/baskills.htm#xtocid1324710

I do not have access to Cisco 806 router and have never worked on Cisco 806 router. So cant say for sure but "copy" command is what I would be looking for.

This output is from a different router but give it a try.

Router# >copy ?

/erase Erase destination file system.

bootflash: Copy from bootflash: file system

ftp: Copy from ftp: file system

microcode: Copy from microcode: file system

null: Copy from null: file system

nvram: Copy from nvram: file system

rcp: Copy from rcp: file system

running-config Copy from current system configuration

startup-config Copy from startup configuration

system: Copy from system: file system

tftp: Copy from tftp: file system

Router#>

URL to Cisco 806 Router Software Configuration Guide in case you do not have the documentation:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_fix/806/806swcg/index.htm

Nash

[bsingin64]

Awesome, thanks for the help. And one more question. What do you mean about saving config? If i save my config after i change somthing, everytime, it wont loose it if I have a power outage?

Thanks for your help Nash

[ndarukha]

Yes, all the changes made to the configs are lost if they are not saved and power to the router is turned off.

Its like typing a document in say Microsoft Word and not saving the document before powering off the PC.

Nash