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Cisco 891 Template - CLI

This is a standard template for a Cisco 891. You can use this to set up a quick and dirty internet connection and then tweak it as needed. At some point I'll go through and explain each line, for now it's a simple template. Fill in the blanks and away you go. I find this helpful when sending out a router without an identifiable information on it, then tweaking via SSH once on site. <ENTER HOSTNAME HERE> - Type a hostname for the router (e.g. Florida-rtr01) <ENTER PW HERE> - Randomize a password for the router's enable prompt <Domain Name> - Enter the network's domain name if applicable. You need something here for SSH to work, so choose something <ISP Name> - Type the name of the ISP <WAN Static> - The static address for your WAN connection <WAN Subnet> - The subnet mask of your WAN connection (e.g. 255.255.255.252) <WAN Gateway> - The gateway of your WAN connection no service pad service tcp-keepalives...

IOS SNMPv2 Setup - CLI

Quick down and dirty SNMPv2 setup for Cisco 2960 and other IOS via CLI <HOST IP> - IP of your SNMP server/probe <Community> - Randomized community string <Management Interface> - Network Management interface to send traps from ip access-list standard snmp-access permit <HOST IP> snmp-server community <Community> RO snmp-access snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication snmp-server host <HOST IP>  version 2c <Community> snmp-server trap-source <Management Interface> To check SNMP is working correctly: show snmp