Upgrading cisco ios -- how difficult is it?

Hi all,

I own two cisco 2620 router and practice on them for my ccna exam such as serial connection, password recovery, configuring interface etc etc.

I now want to upgrade the cisco ios on the router from version 12.0 to 12.3 or above

My question is - is it possible without having tftp server?

Thanks!

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optimus

The TFTP software is really easy to install on a computer. Why not just use that? You can program another Cisco router to act as a TFTP server, but that is a bit overkill in this case. Are you having issues with the TFTP server installation?

- Optimus

forbesl

You can download free TFTP server software for your computer here:

http://www.solarwinds.net/Download-Tools.htm

Go to the bottom of the page to "Free Downloads". It works great.

zom

i wonder if there are any 12.3 version with vpn,ipv6 and firewall functions that is suitable to be installed in the 2500 series router? i would really wanna try those features out either for personal knowledge or experience ^^ thx alot ^^

keenon

zom wrote:

i wonder if there are any 12.3 version with vpn,ipv6 and firewall functions that is suitable to be installed in the 2500 series router? i would really wanna try those features out either for personal knowledge or experience ^^ thx alot ^^

i wouldn't use a 12.3 on a 2500, b/c it only comes in ip base and ip plus. inorder to do what you want i would look at 12.2(29) enterprise ed. ----plus it supports sub interfaces on e0 for inter-vlan routing and alot of other features

forbesl

zom wrote:

i wonder if there are any 12.3 version with vpn,ipv6 and firewall functions that is suitable to be installed in the 2500 series router? i would really wanna try those features out either for personal knowledge or experience ^^ thx alot ^^

According to Cisco Software Advisor, there is no single image for the 2500 series router that will support everything you listed; however:

12.2(1d) will support VPN and Firewall Feature Set but not IPV6

12.3(17a) will support IPV6 but not VPN/Firewall Feature Set

Both of these require 16MB DRAM and 16MB flash.

zom

does this means need at least 32mb?

forbesl

zom wrote:

does this means need at least 32mb?

No, but it means you need to check how much DRAM you have installed on your router and how much flash memory you have. You must have 16MB DRAM and 16MB flash, it's not a combined "total".

Do a "sh ver" on your router and it will tell you how much you have of each.

DRAM memory and flash memory are two different things.

zom

it shows 16k/16k on my router

zom

zom wrote:

it shows 16k/16k on my router

i have the C2500-Ik8s-L 122-19a with me but i dunno wat features that it come with can some 1 tell me or direct me to it? thx ^^ sry cause noobie here

forbesl

zom wrote:

zom wrote:

it shows 16k/16k on my router

i have the C2500-Ik8s-L 122-19a with me but i dunno wat features that it come with can some 1 tell me or direct me to it? thx ^^ sry cause noobie here

According to the Cisco Software Advisor, that IOS supports the following:

AAA Broadcast Accounting
AAA DNIS Map for Authorization
AAA Server Group
AAA Server Group Deadtimer
AAA Server Group Enhancements
AAA Server Groups Based on DNIS
ATM-DXI
Additional Vendor-Proprietary RADIUS Attributes
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Airline Product Set (ALPS)
Airline Product Set Enhancements (MATIP)
Always On Dynamic ISDN (AO/DI)
Asynchronous Serial Traffic Over UDP
AutoInstall Using DHCP for LAN Interfaces
Automatic modem configuration
BGP
BGP 4
BGP 4 Multipath Support
BGP 4 Prefix Filter and In-bound Route Maps
BGP 4 Soft Config
BGP Soft Reset
BSTUN (Block Serial Tunneling)
Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP)
Bidirectional PIM
Bisync (BSC)
CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) Version 2
CEF/dCEF - Cisco Express Forwarding
CGMP - Cisco Group Management Protocol
CLI String Search
CNS Client
CUG Selection Facility Suppress Option
Certification Authority Interoperability (CA)
Challege Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Class Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ)
Class-Based Shaping
Combinet Packet Protocol (CPP)
Commented IP Access List Entries
Committed Access Rate (CAR)
Compression Control Protocol
Custom Queueing (CQ)
DHCP Client
DHCP Proxy Client
DHCP Relay Agent Support for Unnumbered Interfaces
DHCP Server
DHCP Server Options - Import and Autoconfiguration
DLSw (RFC 1795)
DLSw CO features
DLSw V2
DLSw+
DLSw+ Asynchronous TCP Enhancements
DLSw+ Backup Peer Extensions for Encapsulation Types
DLSw+ Border Peer Caching
DLSw+ Enhanced Load Balancing
DLSw+ Ethernet Redundancy
DLSw+ Peer Group Clusters
DLSw+ RSVP Bandwidth Reservation
DLSw+ SNA Type of Service
DLSw+ Support For Transporting LLC1 UI Traffic
DNS based X.25 routing
DRP Server Agent
Default Passive Interface
Dial Backup
Dial on Demand Authentication Enhancements
Dial-on-demand
Dialer Idle Timer Inbound Traffic Configuration
Dialer Profiles
Dialer Watch
Diffie-Hellman Group 5
Double Authentication
Down Stream Physical Unit (DSPU) over DLSw+
Downstream PU concentration (DSPU)
Dynamic Multiple Encapsulation for Dial-in over ISDN
EGP
Easy IP (Phase 1)
Enhanced ATM VC Configuration and Management
Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP)
Enhanced IGRP Stub Routing
Enhanced Local Management Interface (ELMI)
Express RTP and TCP Header Compression
FTP Support for Downloading Software Images
Fast-Switched Policy Routing
Fast-Switched SRTLB
Flow-Based WRED
Frame Relay
Frame Relay Access Support (FRAS) Border Access Node (BAN)
Frame Relay Access Support (FRAS) Boundary Network Node (BNN)
Frame Relay Access Support (FRAS) DLCI Backup
Frame Relay Access Support (FRAS) Dial Backup over DLSW+
Frame Relay Access Support (FRAS) Host
Frame Relay ELMI Address Registration
Frame Relay Encapsulation
Frame Relay End-to-End Keepalive
Frame Relay FRF.9 Payload Compression
Frame Relay Fragmentation (FRF.12)
Frame Relay PVC Interface Priority Queueing
Frame Relay Router ForeSight
Frame Relay Switching
Frame Relay Switching Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
Frame Relay Switching Enhancements: Shaping and Policing
Frame Relay Traffic Shaping (FRTS)
Frame Relay Tunnel Switching
Generated SysObjectIDs
Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
Generic Traffic Shaping (GTS)
HSRP - Hot Standby Router Protocol
HSRP support for ICMP Redirects
HTTP Security
Half bridge/half router for CPP and PPP
IGMP Version 1
IGMP Version 2
IGMP Version 3
IGRP
IKE Extended Authentication (Xauth)
IKE Mode Configuration
IKE Shared Secret Using AAA Server
IP Enhanced IGRP Route Authentication
IP Multicast Load Splitting across Equal-Cost Paths
IP Named Access Control List
IP Precedence for GRE Tunnels
IP RTP Priority
IP Routing
IP SLAs DHCP Operation
IP SLAs DLSw+ Operation
IP SLAs DNS Operation
IP SLAs Distribution of Statistics
IP SLAs FTP Operation
IP SLAs HTTP Operation
IP SLAs ICMP Echo Operation
IP SLAs ICMP Path Echo Operation
IP SLAs One-way Measurements
IP SLAs Reaction Threshold
IP SLAs Scheduling
IP SLAs TCP Connect Operation
IP SLAs UDP Echo Operation
IP SLAs UDP Jitter Operation
IP Summary Address for RIPv2
ISDN
ISDN Advice of Charge (AOC)
ISDN Caller ID Callback
ISDN Cause Code Override
Integrated routing and bridging (IRB)
Interface Index Persistence
Interface Range Specification
Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP) address negotiation
L2TP Dial-Out
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
L2TP Tunnel Preservation of IP TOS
LAN Network Manager over DLSw+
Large Scale Dialout (LSDO)
Layer 2 Forwarding-Fast Switching
Line Printer Daemon (LPD)
Lock and Key
Low Latency Queueing (LLQ)
Low Latency Queueing (LLQ) for Frame Relay
MLPPP - Multilink PPP
MS Callback
MS-CHAP Version 1
Message Banners for AAA Authentication
Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression (MPPC)
Mobile IP
Mobile IP Home Agent (HA) Redundancy
Modular QoS CLI (MQC)
Multicast BGP (MBGP)
Multicast NAT
Multicast Routing Monitor (MRM)
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
Multichassis MultiLink PPP (MMP)
Multihop VPDN
NAT - Network Address Translation
NAT - Support for NetMeeting Directory (Internet Locator Service - ILS)
NAT-Support of IP Phone to Cisco Call Manager
Named Method Lists for AAA Authorization and Accounting
National ISDN Switch Types for BRI and PRI Interfaces
Native Client Interface Architecture (NCIA) Server
Native Service Point over DLSW+
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
OSPF
OSPF Flooding Reduction
OSPF Not-So-Stubby Areas (NSSA)
OSPF On Demand Circuit (RFC 1793)
OSPF Packet Pacing
On Demand Routing (ODR)
PAD Subaddressing
PIM Dense Mode State Refresh
PIM Version 1
PIM Version 2
PPP
PPP over Frame Relay
PPTP with MPPE
Parse Bookmarks
Parser Cache
Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
Per-User Configuration
Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
Priority Queueing (PQ)
Qualified Logical Link Control (QLLC)
RADIUS
RADIUS Attribute 44 (Accounting Session ID) in Access Requests
RADIUS for Multiple User Datagram Protocol Ports
RGMP - Router-Port Group Management Protocol
RIF Passthru in DLSw+
RIP
RMON events and alarms
RMON full
RSVP - Resource Reservation Protocol
RTP Header Compression
Random Early Detection (RED)
Reflexive Access Lists
Remote Source-Route Bridging (RSRB)
Response Time Reporter (RTR)
Response Time Reporter (RTR) enhancements
SDLC SNRM Timer and Window Size Enhancements
SDLC-to-LAN conversion (SDLLC)
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
SNMP Manager
SNMP Version 3
SNMPv2C
SRB - Source-Route bridging
SRB over Frame Relay
STUN (Serial Tunnel)
Secure Shell SSH Version 1 Integrated Client
Secure Shell SSH Version 1 Server Support
Selective Packet Discard (SPD)
Selective Virtual-Access Interface Creation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) DHCP Operation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) DLSW+ Operation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) DNS Operation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) Distribution of Statistics
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) FTP Operation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) HTTP Operation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) History Statistics
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) ICMP Path Echo Operation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) One-way Measurements
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) Reaction Threshold
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) SNA LU2 Echo
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) SNMP Support
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) Scheduling
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) TCP Connect Operation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) UDP Echo Operation
Service Assurance Agent (SAA) UDP Jitter Operation
Single Rate 3-Color Marker for Traffic Policing
Snapshot routing
Source Specific Multicast (SSM)
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Extension
Stack Group Bidding Protocol (SGBP)
Standard IP Access List Logging
Stub IP Multicast Routing
Subnetwork Bandwidth Manager (SBM)
Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS)
Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC)
TACACS+
Tacacs SENDAUTH function
Tacacs Single Connection
Time-Based Access Lists Using Time Ranges
Transparent Bridging
Triggered RIP
Trusted Root Certification Authority
Tunnel Endpoint Discovery
Tunneling of Asynchronous Security Protocols
Uni-Directional Link Routing (UDLR)
Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
User Maximum Links
VPN Tunnel Management
Virtual Interface Template Service
Virtual Private Dial-up Network (VPDN)
Virtual Profiles
WCCP Redirection on Inbound Interfaces
WCCP Version 1
WCCP Version 2
Weighted Fair Queueing (WFQ)
Weighted RED (WRED)
Wildcard Pre-Shared Key
X.25
X.25 Calling Address Insertion and Removal Based on Input Interface
X.25 Closed User Group
X.25 Failover
X.25 Load Balancing
X.25 Remote Failure Detection
X.25 Switch Local Acknowledgement
X.25 Switching between PVCs and SVCs
X.25 on ISDN D-Channel
X.25 over Frame Relay (Annex G)
X.25 over TCP (XOT)
X.28 Emulation

darkuser

what .... no call manager express ????

forbesl

darkuser wrote:

what .... no call manager express ????

No, but you can get Call Manager Express for the 2500 series routers
here

zom

ok so i am wrong.....

my router shows 14336K/2048K bytes of memory

32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)

does this means i have only 14mb of flash memory and 2mb of dram?? i am getting confused here lolol thx ^^

2lazybutsmart

Do you have a book? Lammle, Odom?? Cuz you need a book to get hold of the basics.

ok so i am wrong..... my router shows 14336K/2048K bytes of memory

32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)

The 14336K/2048K is the DRAM (free/reserved by system). Your total DRAM is actually the combination of the two numbers 14338+2048=16384K or 16MB.

zom

thx alot for clearing me up....will have to get a book and study hard! ^^

2lazybutsmart

Get this book, it's my favorite --and most likely the best one around:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0782143911/qid=1135139179/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8478433-4502444?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

pizzafart

Hi 2lazy. Just curious, what made you decide to get into networking? You're the only person I've ever seen here with a programmers certification.

2lazybutsmart

I used to work as a full time progammer one and half years ago but then I left that job for another one and now I do more networking than programming. I'm actually doing R&D stuff mainly but it's more focused on the networking part than programming.

Coding has cost me my eyes, my friend. I hate to wear glasses, but my doc tells me if I don't stop gawking at the screen 27 hours a day (

) I could end up not being able to read signs in an airport or stuff. So i've always been including a job-change on my secret wish list. It has finally happened even though I'm not making all the money I used to make in my previous job. There's this "spend spend spend" culture in places I used to work and 3K would be your monthly shopping expenses!!!!!!!!!!

About the issue of being the only person with a programming cert, I think there are many people on this site who are programmers. I see them all over the place. Some of them might not just be "Microsoft" programmers. But there certainly are plenty.

2lbs.