This Tutorials shows you how to Configure a Cisco Router on Cisco Packet Tracer. To do so follow the steps shown below
- Â Open Cisco Packet Tracer, Select a Cisco Router & PC as shown in Image ‘CCNA-RS-IMG-1.0’ respectively.
- Connect PC’s RS 232 Port to Router Console Port through Console Cable as shown in Image ‘CCNA-RS-IMG-1.0’.
- Open Terminal in PC as shown in below Image ‘CCNA-RS-IMG-1.1’.
- Set the Parameters Bits per Second to 9600 as shown in Image ‘CCNA-RS-IMG-1.1’ & press OK.
- It will open Router Configuration wizard.
— System Configuration Dialog —
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no (If you want to configure it manually then enter no, otherwise yes)
Router>Â (This is Router Enable Mode)
Router> enable
Router#Â (This is Router Privilege Mode)
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)#Â (This is Router Configure Mode)
 Now we'll set Hostname of Router
Router(config)# hostname Vishal_Router
Vishal_Router(config)#
Configuring IP Address on Router Interface
Vishal_Router(config)# interface fastEthernet 0/0
Vishal_Router(config-if)# ip address 192.168.1.1Â 255.255.255.0
Vishal_Router(config-if)# no shutdown (This will activate the interface of router administratively)
Vishal_Router(config-if)# exit
Vishal_Router(config)#
Verify the IP Address of Router Interface
Vishal_Router(config)# do show ip interface brief
Interface              IP-Address       OK?      Method     Status  Protocol
FastEthernet0/0   192.168.1.1   YES      manual        up              up
FastEthernet0/1     unassigned    YES       unset   administratively down down
Vlan1                     unassigned     YES      unset    administratively down down
- Connect PC to Router using Ethernet Cable as shown in below Image ‘CCNA-RS-IMG-1.2’
- Set PC IP Address as shown in below Image ‘CCNA-RS-IMG-1.3’
- Verify the Connectivity from PC to Router
Packet Tracer PC Command Line 1.0
C:\>ping 192.168.1.1
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=93ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 93ms, Average = 23ms
Hence, Connection established.
