1st thing you do

I have a question. I got this question posed to me by a recuiter.

What is the 1st thing you do when you take a router out of a box. I told him I didn't know and he went on to the next question. What is the "cisco" answer for that question?

Thanks in advance

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gojericho0

I'd make sure its the correct one you ordered and that its functional

Mishra

Sounds like a trap question... They expect some answer like "clean the configurations and set it up" and when you answer "make sure it works" then you get a bad mark.

On those questions you should answer something logical so you don't look like you are scared of the router or something.

mikearama

Yeah, tricky one. My first impulse would be to up the firmware to the latest, but even that assumes the config is clean, so I don't have IP conflicts.

Prolly go with Mishra's suggestion of cleaning the config.

tech-airman

empc4000xl wrote:

I have a question. I got this question posed to me by a recuiter.

What is the 1st thing you do when you take a router out of a box. I told him I didn't know and he went on to the next question. What is the "cisco" answer for that question?

Thanks in advance

One thing I would do is to verify if the make, model, and serial number on the router match the make, model, and serial number on either the box label or the shipping document.

astorrs

Yes Cisco is a pain about open boxes and RMAs.