Chapter 3 Vocabulary & Questions

Questions

1. What are the three main things the router accomplishes upon startup?

2. Briefly describe the router startup sequence.

3. What is the main purpose of setup mode?

4. During the System Configuration Dialog, you are prompted to set up “global parameters” and to set up “interfaces” Explain.

5. After you complete the setup command program and your configuration is displayed you are asked if you want to use this configuration. If you answer yes, what happens?

6. What does it mean to configure a router?

7. Why must routers be configured?

8. The commands copy running-config tftp and copy running-config startup-config store the currently running configuration from RAM to ______________ and ______________ , respectively.

9. What do the prompts for user EXEC mode, privileged EXEC mode and global configuration mode look like?

10. When configuring routers with Release 11.x methods, after you type show running-config and display a desired configuration, what commands do you use to save changes to backup?

11. What are two basic tasks when first configuring a router?