Help setting up my labCCNA

Hello,

I have the following equipment:

2x 2600 routers, which each have WIC Cards.
2950 switch
2520 swith.

2 DTE/DCE cables
4 x power cable --- These have been plugged in---
1 console cable
1 utp cat 5e cable

And I know that I need to use the console cable to connect to my laptop to configure everything, but I am not sure how to connect the other cables and hardware, please help.

Thanks

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ciscoman2012

Well first you need to see if the WIC cards for the routers take the Serial DB60 connection, or the Smart Serial (the smaller serial) connection, or if they use RJ45 cables.

Ola_CISCO

Cool, the routers do take the Serial DB60 connection. thats in now. Anything else?

alxx

Network cable from router to switch and or your home network

Plug in console cable, start up a terminal program ( hyper terminal,terra term etc) give it the correct settings for serial port ,baud rate etc -com x ,9600 no parity 8 bit, no flow control
power up the router or switch and watch the boot messages start scrolling

Make sure it's the console port not aux
remember how Cisco numbers slots and ports
Look up how to send a break with the terminal program you are using in case you need to do a password recovery(if it's equipment you haven't used befo) or load an updated ios if updating from inside iOS dosn't work

Grab a few lab guides/work books and have fun!

MAC_Addy

Ola_CISCO wrote: »

And I know that I need to use the console cable to connect to my laptop to configure everything, but I am not sure how to connect the other cables and hardware, please help.

Thanks

I suggest that you go to your local book shop, or perhaps amazon.com and order a CCNA book. I'd recommend the CCNA book by Todd Lammle.

Ola_CISCO

Thanks axx, do you have any good links for lab guides/ work books?

ciscoman2012

Ola_CISCO wrote: »

Thanks axx, do you have any good links for lab guides/ work books?

SUBnet.192 » Cisco CCNA Lab Guides

Stub Area » CCNA Workbook

Router Alley - Guides

Ola_CISCO

Thank you for the links ciscoman2012.

Much appreciated

alxx

That's some of the good ones

Don't forget configuring the network as its a nice one to start with along with stub area ccna work book

http://www.techexams.net/attachments/forums/ccna-ccent/1500d1317933070-configure-network-ccna-lab-scenarios-ctn_techexams.pdf

Links to these were posted in some of your other threads

Ola_CISCO

Thanks for the pdf alxx,

now I can start working on my lab

ciscoman2012

Ola_CISCO wrote: »

Thank you for the links ciscoman2012.

Much appreciated

No problem and if I remember right Alxx originally showed me most of those in another thread I had!

Anyways, I've really enjoyed the Subnet192 ICND1 lab guide as it is quite fun to work through. I've been using packet tracer to do most of it until I am able to set up my lab.

GOZCU

Ola_CISCO wrote: »

Hello,

I have the following equipment:

2x 2600 routers, which each have WIC Cards.
2950 switch
2520 swith.

2 DTE/DCE cables
4 x power cable --- These have been plugged in---
1 console cable
1 utp cat 5e cable

And I know that I need to use the console cable to connect to my laptop to configure everything, but I am not sure how to connect the other cables and hardware, please help.

Thanks

Building A Cisco Lab - Choosing An Access Server - Part 1 - YouTube

Ltat42a

Here's some good info on home labs too -
Cisco Lab CCNA CCNP Exam Prep Router Switch Configuration

Ola_CISCO

Thanks GOZCU and Ltat42a for these links