c1111-8p Initial Setup

[TWilkie]

Hi,

   We just purchased a c1111-8p router for our entertainment department. All that was in the box was the router and power supply. I thought this was going to be a somewhat standard setup like a normal router by logging into the WebUI via 192.168.1.1 and entering the default user name and password. No matter what port I am plugged into with a PC I can not get to the WebUI. I have done a factory reset too. The manual isn't very clear for a non-network engineer. Do you have to create a default config via Putty just to get to a webui?

  I'm not too proud to ask, can you please dumb it down for me here? What do I need to do (step-by-step) to get this default unit to display the Webui? It appears that the few photo examples on the internet show a Mac browser only accessing the WebUI. If I can create a default config before the UI displays please tell me that a browser on a PC will also display the UI and not just a Mac browser.

Any help is sincerely appreciated.

Regards,

Terry

[M02@rt37]

Hello @TWilkie 

You need a minimum config via CLI:

Router(config)# interface GigabitEthernet0/0 Router(config-if)# ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

Router(config-if)# no shutdown

Router(config-if)# exit

Router(config)#secure-server
Router(config)#username c!sco privilege 15 password 0 c!sco !
Router(config)# ip http server
Router(config)#ip http secure-server
Router(config)#ip http authentication local

https://www.google.com/amp/s/protocoholic.com/2018/05/31/cisco-isr-1100-webui-introduction/amp/

Assuming your PC has got this IP 192.168.1.2 and pluged on Gig0/0, you will be able to acces Router's WebGUI via its address 192.168.1.1

[TWilkie]

Thank you. So how do I simply connect the PC to the router to upload this config file? Do I need a Micro USB to RJ45 adaptor?

[balaji.bandi]

Start with configuration guide :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/1100/software/configuration/xe-16-7/cisco_1100_series_swcfg_xe_16_7_x.pdf

So how do I simply connect the PC to the router to upload this config file? Do I need a Micro USB to RJ45 adaptor?

So you already have configuration - then you can use console or ssh to device and paste the configuration on the router ?

[TWilkie]

This thing didn't ship with a console cable. Trying to figure out specifically what the pinout is to build one or buy one prebuilt. Do you have info on the specific cable we can build or purchase?

[balaji.bandi]

Buy one in the market is easy for couple of Quids.

[TWilkie]

Happy to if I had the exact spec of the cable or adaptor required. I'm on the verge of sending this back to Amazon and finding a business router that at least knows it has a web GUI to access by default out of the box without uploading a basic config with Telnet to enable the GUI.

[balaji.bandi]

The document i have provided have that console cable information (did you get chance to read ?)

You have 2 option RJ45 and Micro USB cable - you can find the spec installation guide :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/1100/hardware/installation/guide/b-cisco-1100-series-hig.pdf

it has a web GUI to access by default out of the box without uploading a basic config with Telnet to enable the GUI.

yes it does, if you able to read the quick setup guide properly, if not working you can also try reset to factory settings (if some one already tested the router and put some config). you can reset and use default IP to connect router using GUI

[TWilkie]

So there is a 398 page manual at this link:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/1100/software/configuration/xe-16-8/cisco_1100_series_swcfg_xe_16_8_x.pdf

What is the default IP, User Name and Password? Can I simply get to that by plugging in a normal network cable to any of the eight ports to get to the WebGUI? Do I plug a network cable into the Cat5 port on the console port to login? Can I only get to it via USB?

[TWilkie]

Ok, so we finally found the correct "console cable" just to telnet in but the config file is erroring out. What is the proper config syntax?

[TWilkie]

Ok, so we finally found the correct "console cable" just to telnet in but the config file is erroring out. What is the proper config syntax?

[balaji.bandi]

If you are using make sure you have  parity and flowcontrol - set to NONE

are you pasting the commands from notepad  ?

Hope you are not reading the document provided here :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/1100/software/configuration/xe-16-7/cisco_1100_series_swcfg_xe_16_7_x/cisco_1100_series_swcfg_chapter_01000.html

Interface name should be -  interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0

You can Also display the interface configuration before configuring

# show ip interface brief (give you what interface installed on the router and what IP configured)