Initial Configuration cisco 877W

[calang9991]

                   Hello,

I am new to Cisco so please be gentle!.

I have purchased a Cisco 877W router but have not been able to connect to it using the SDM software. I can connect using Hyper Terminal and the console lead. Using the instructions provided on this site I have manually configured the terminal but I still can't connect to it. Running the ipconfig command the laptop connected to the LAN port on the router doesent acquire a default gateway. Pinging the router on 10.10.10.1 or 172.17.1.1 which was the ip address entered for the interface gets no response. Any advice appreciated as I seem to be going around in circles. Once I can access the SDM the configuration should be easier. Many thanks. Chris Lang

[kcnajaf]

Hi Christopher,

Fromt the console/Hyperterminal verify what ip address is configured on the 877W interface? You can verify this with "show ip int brief". Once you have this ip address please configure your laptop with same ip range and try connecting the router ethernet port to laptop and ping the router interface ip address.

If this is working then please try the same ip address from the browser and verify if that works.

Hope that helps.

Regards

Najaf

[calang9991]

Thank you for the reply. That is showing the ip addrss is unassigned.

Chris

[kcnajaf]

Hi Chris,

Ok...In that case you will have to assign an ip address statically and then try ping or http access to the ip address. The way to configure the ip address is as below.

config terminal

interface FastEthernet0

ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0

no shutdown

After this verify if the ip address has been taken using "show ip int brief"

If ip is showing up there then configure your laptop with ip address 10.10.10.10 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0. No need of any default gateway at this point.

Then try ping the 877W router from laptop and check how it goes.

Hope that helps.

Regards

Najaf

[calang9991]

Hi Najaf,

Many thnaks again. I have tried this but it doesn't seem to accept the ip address.

I am typing # follwed by the command at the router prompt but it is still saying it is unassigned.

[kcnajaf]

Hi Chris,

You dont have to type # :-)

When you are on hash (#) prompt just type as below

config terminal

interface FastEthernet0

ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0

no shutdown

Hope that helps.

Regards

Najaf

[calang9991]

When I start the with the command enable I am getting the error:

%IP address may not be configured on L2 links FastEthernet0

[kcnajaf]

Hi Chris,

My mistake. Try applying the ip address on VLAN interface as below

config terminal

interface Vlan1

ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0

no shutdown

Hope that helps

Regards

Najaf

[calang9991]

this is the screen:

[kcnajaf]

Hi Chris,

Thanks a lot for the screenshot. Like I mentioned on previous post try assigning ip to VLAN1 interface.

Hope that helps

Regards

Najaf

[paolo bevilacqua]

Wrong forum, post in "WAN and routing". You can move your posting with the Actions panel on the right.