Trouble with CCNA Lab Book - Setting up Static Routes

I don't know how many people have the CCNA Lab Book by Cisco Kits but I followed the lab for setting up a static routers between 3 routers to a T and I can't communicate between routers at all. And yes my Serial cables are correctly connected (DCE/DTE) and clocking is set. I also tried changing the encapsulation type but that did nothing. I cleared all startup configs before starting this lab. I'm very confused. This is supposed to be the easiest lab.

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LBC90805

Post your configs. Are you using Actual Equipment?

drew2000

Need to post your configs.

Andrew

yanks4everontop

2610 Router (clocking router):

Using 859 out of 29688 bytes
!
version 12.1
no service single-slot-reload-enable
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname R1
!
enable password cisco
!
!
!
!
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface Ethernet0/0
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1/0
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
encapsulation ppp
clockrate 64000
!
interface Serial1/1
ip address 193.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
encapsulation ppp
clockrate 64000
!
interface Serial1/2
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1/3
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1/4
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1/5
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1/6
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Serial1/7
no ip address
shutdown
!
ip classless
ip http server
!
!
line con 0
logging synchronous
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
password cisco
login
!
end

3640 #1:

Using 821 out of 129016 bytes
!
version 12.4
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname R3
!
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
!
enable password cisco
!
no aaa new-model
!
resource policy
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
ip cef
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
!
!
no ip ips deny-action ips-interface
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface Ethernet2/0
no ip address
shutdown
half-duplex
!
interface Serial2/0
ip address 193.1.1.3 255.255.255.0
encapsulation ppp
no fair-queue
!
interface Ethernet2/1
no ip address
shutdown
half-duplex
!
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip classless
ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 193.1.1.1
!
!
!
!
!
!
control-plane
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
line con 0
logging synchronous
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
password cisco
login
!
!
end

3640 #2:

Using 806 out of 129016 bytes
!
version 12.4
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
!
hostname R2
!
boot-start-marker
boot system flash
boot-end-marker
!
enable password cisco
!
no aaa new-model
!
resource policy
!
ip subnet-zero
!
!
ip cef
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
!
!
no ip ips deny-action ips-interface
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface Ethernet0/0
no ip address
shutdown
half-duplex
!
interface Serial0/0
ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
encapsulation ppp
!
interface Ethernet0/1
no ip address
shutdown
half-duplex
!
ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip classless
ip route 193.1.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
!
!
!
!
!
!
control-plane
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
line con 0
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
password cisco
login
!
!
end

yanks4everontop

Btw yes it's actual equipment. I found one weird issue. On my 2610, even though what I posted is my startup config, when I load the router it acts like there is not startup file and asks if I wanna go through the initial startup wizard. Therefore my running config is not the same as my startup config.

drew2000

When you say you can't communicate with your routers, does that mean you can't ping from router A to router B, or you can't ping from a PC to a router on another network?

The reason I am asking is that I didn't see RIP setup. I see some static routes " IP route," but I don't see any typical RIP setup like:

router rip
version 2
network x.x.x.x

I'm not sure if the goal of the lab is to troubleshoot RIP or troubleshoot static routes.

If the goal is to troubleshoot RIP then a problem is that you don't have RIP setup. If the goal is to troubleshoot your static entries we can look at those some more!

Drew

yanks4everontop

drew2000 wrote: »

When you say you can't communicate with your routers, does that mean you can't ping from router A to router B, or you can't ping from a PC to a router on another network?

The reason I am asking is that I didn't see RIP setup. I see some static routes " IP route," but I don't see any typical RIP setup like:

router rip
version 2
network x.x.x.x

I'm not sure if the goal of the lab is to troubleshoot RIP or troubleshoot static routes.

If the goal is to troubleshoot RIP then a problem is that you don't have RIP setup. If the goal is to troubleshoot your static entries we can look at those some more!

Drew

Wow my mistake, this is just a static route setup lab. And I can't ping router to router, there are no PC's involved.

tiersten

yanks4everontop wrote: »

Btw yes it's actual equipment. I found one weird issue. On my 2610, even though what I posted is my startup config, when I load the router it acts like there is not startup file and asks if I wanna go through the initial startup wizard. Therefore my running config is not the same as my startup config.

Config register.

drew2000

I checked your static routes and they look ok to me.

Do your serial interfaces show "Up/Up"? That would be next place I would look.

I want to say the command for that is "show ip interface brief," but I'm not near my notes!

Drew

yanks4everontop

drew2000 wrote: »

I checked your static routes and they look ok to me.

Do your serial interfaces show "Up/Up"? That would be next place I would look.

I want to say the command for that is "show ip interface brief," but I'm not near my notes!

Drew

Yup everything shows up on all routers. The only thing that seems off to me is that issue I alluded to regarding the startup/running config on my 2610 (clocking) router. It has a startup config file but it's as if it's not loading it when I reload the router as it asks to go through the initial config wizard.

yanks4everontop

tiersten wrote: »

Config register.

Yup you were right, it was set to 2142.

drew2000

yanks4everontop wrote: »

Yup everything shows up on all routers. The only thing that seems off to me is that issue I alluded to regarding the startup/running config on my 2610 (clocking) router. It has a startup config file but it's as if it's not loading it when I reload the router as it asks to go through the initial config wizard.

Yeah, 2102 should be your default config reg once you have it setup and working.

Even still, if you have to setup your router after a reboot, there's no reason you would need to reboot after you finish your config. It should work.

The serial ports should be up and working even if you don't bounce it.

I suspect the Config Regsiter is a separate issue.

Drew

yanks4everontop

I erased the startup config on both my 3640's to start from scratch as this lab is very quick. I'm getting all sorts of time out errors upon bootup of one of the 3640's. See below:

%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)
*Mar 1 01:38:59.783: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/ro
uter-confg) failed
Router#
Router#
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Timed out)
*Mar 1 01:39:40.787: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/ci
scortr.cfg) failed
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
*Mar 1 01:39:59.755: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/ne
twork-confg) failed
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)
*Mar 1 01:40:40.759: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/ci
sconet.cfg) failed

EDIT: Actually it's happening on both routers. Doesn't erase start-up config erase any settings you had in the configuratoin? I've done that for both routers, yet when they start, the interfaces still have configuration settings and I'm getting these timeouts.

mikej412

yanks4everontop wrote: »

%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)
*Mar 1 01:38:59.783: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/ro
uter-confg) failed
Router#

Your router is trying to autoload it's configuration -- try the no service config command.

yanks4everontop

mikej412 wrote: »

Your router is trying to autoload it's configuration -- try the no service config command.

Thanks Mike. Is there a reason why after using the erase startup config command and rebooting, my interfaces are still configured?

mikej412

yanks4everontop wrote: »

Thanks Mike. Is there a reason why after using the erase startup config command and rebooting, my interfaces are still configured?

Did you do a reload command? Or just power cycle? If your running config had changed the reload gives you a prompt about saving it -- if you don't read it carefully you may have saved your configuration again.

Are you sure you don't have the cables crossed on R1? Use the show cdp neighbor command to see what's connected -- shut down one of the serial ports if you want to be sure.

What information does a show ip route give you?

yanks4everontop

mikej412 wrote: »

Did you do a reload command? Or just power cycle? If you running config had changed the reload gives you a prompt about saving it -- if you don't read it carefully you may have saved your configuration again.

Are you sure you don't have the cables crossed on R1? Use the show cdp neighbor command to see what's connected -- shut down one of the serial ports if you want to be sure.

What information does a show ip route give you?

I knew it was something stupid, it was the cables that were connected to the wrong interfaces. Jeez I'm a noob.

drew2000

yanks4everontop wrote: »

I knew it was something stupid, it was the cables that were connected to the wrong interfaces. Jeez I'm a noob.

There's only one way to learn, and you just learned a lot of tricks!

Drew

miller811

drew2000 wrote: »

There's only one way to learn, and you just learned a lot of tricks!

Drew

That is the beauty of having a home lab with real hardware. You cannot gain the experience you just gained by only reading a book or using a simulator.

yanks4everontop

miller811 wrote: »

That is the beauty of having a home lab with real hardware. You cannot gain the experience you just gained by only reading a book or using a simulator.

Which is exactly why I wanted real hardware. Thanks everyone for the guidance, I can't say enough how helpful everyone on this forum is.

tiersten

miller811 wrote: »

That is the beauty of having a home lab with real hardware. You cannot gain the experience you just gained by only reading a book or using a simulator.

Add a "Reseat card" and "Wiggle plug" option to the sims