tips for pasting in a very long config

Working on a network cut this weekend and I have a very long config (30+ pages printed out) to paste into a 7609 router. I've tried changing the console speed to 115200 but it hasn't helped much and i'm growing weary of pasting 30 lines at a time. I'm probably gonna put a dummy IP on it and use telnet or ssh. The biggest hassle is getting everything in the right order since several things are dependent on other parts of the config.

Any tips for putting long configs on a router? i've already built the config in a text file...may look at using tftp to get it on there.

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cisco_trooper

Well, if you have a complete configuration you can just copy it. No need to paste the config.

Timber Wolf

Agreed. Why not just use TFTP to put it in place?

DPG

TFTP

nel

yeah, just copy it across to the device then you can easily rename files etc if thats your way.

vinbuck

I feel kinda bad admitting it but CCNA was probably the last time I had to use tftp to put a config on a router. Our routers are very rarely powered off or rebooted so i dont usually get a chance to build one from the ground up and pasting part of a config is usully sufficient. I guess one of the downsides of using GNS3 so much is that you forget some of the hardware basics

Timber Wolf

If your router also has a usb port like the ISR's you could also format a flash drive and then copy the config on to that and us it to copy it on to the router.

nel

Timber Wolf wrote: »

If your router also has a usb port like the ISR's you could also format a flash drive and then copy the config on to that and us it to copy it on to the router.

USB should be standard on every device nowadays imo.

billyr

Try using a terminal emulator like Teraterm and drag and drop the file instead of copy and pasting.

vinbuck

Thanks for the help guys...tftp was the way to go. Unfortunately the RSP720s that the 7609 uses don't have a USB interface. Console, Compact Flash or Ehternet is what you have to work with