Cisco router config

[Clart]

Hi

I need to get an old config.text off a cisco 2950 router and somehow get it onto a new router (obviously changing the hostname and IP address b4 I upload it)

Whats the easiest way to do this

And has anyone got username/password for www.experts-exchange.com

Thanks

 

[Daz]

tftp it off the router to a tftp server - edit, then reupload to new router.

Only way really without typing it all out.

 

[Clart]

a tftp server? can i not just use my laptop connected via the serial cable?

 

[Lee]

I reckon there's f**k all on experts exchange, and it just takes your search and makes it look like they have the answer.

If you do get a password and username, please share it with me. lol

 

[Daz]

a tftp server? can i not just use my laptop connected via the serial cable?

Nope, you need a TFTP server so you can copy the running/startup config to it..

Just download a free one.. install on laptop, connect laptop to router using ethernet and copy it.

 

[Dafthead]

www.solarwinds.net do a really good free ftp software program that I use for all my tftp cisco needs

 

[TwoSugars]

Just do a Show Run command on the 2950. Copy and Paste the running config into a text file and then to the new router when connected (in global config mode). You will have to perform a few No Shuts on the interfaces that are in use and maybe chnage a few IPs to suit your needs.

 

[TwoSugars]

How did you get on Clart?

 

[Clart]

can get anywhere tbh. The switch cant find the host when the solar winds TFTP server is running. I tried connecting a cat5 cable but still no joy.

 

[Dafthead]

If you're really really struggling, you can download it via the console cable at something like 9600 baud it takes forever though (hours)

 

[TwoSugars]

Dude, you dont need to use TFTP. Just do the show run as instructed above and all should run sweet.

 

[Pete]

Dude, you dont need to use TFTP. Just do the show run as instructed above and all should run sweet.

I very much doubt that'll work.

 

[Clart]

Right. I'm connecting using a serial cable and hyper terminal. Used the show config command and then copied it all and pasted into a new document.

I can't upload the new config.text file i've created via TFTP. Plus the config has loads of secret passwords, so surely they won't work in the new switch?

 

[CocoPops]

There is a cisco utility that allows you to download/upload configs via the Serial interface.

I'll try and find the name of it.

 

[Pete]

There is a cisco utility that allows you to download/upload configs via the Serial interface.

I'll try and find the name of it.

Config Maker

 

[Pete]

Right. I'm connecting using a serial cable and hyper terminal. Used the show config command and then copied it all and pasted into a new document.

I can't upload the new config.text file i've created via TFTP. Plus the config has loads of secret passwords, so surely they won't work in the new switch?

You'll find the interfaces will be different between the two devices, you really need to understand the config and the commands you use to enter the config, it isn't as simple as cut and paste or uploading it from the old one and downloading it to the new one.

 

[Daz]

Just realised, the 2950 is a switch... heh.

Just edit the commands manually - can't be that much configuration on it can there? Not like a router anyway! (Unless you have some complex config going on)

 

[Clart]

You'll find the interfaces will be different between the two devices, you really need to understand the config and the commands you use to enter the config, it isn't as simple as cut and paste or uploading it from the old one and downloading it to the new one.

So how can i make an identical copy of a switch config, obivously changing host name etc.

The config file is probly about 2.5 a4 pages

 

[Dafthead]

you can always do a show run

then take screenshots of each page and get some tech support monkey to write it out on a new notepad for you.

Then upload it onto the new switch with the passwords of your choice in... :S

 

[Daz]

Or, just type them in yaself - 2 1/2 pages would have been done in 30mins.. if that, heh.

 

[rmccardal]

used to use the sh run captured to text files myself then paste it into the new bit of kit

obviously you need to have the same interfaces and be in enable mode before you do the paste.

sometimes helps to slow the line delays down in hyperterminal so it gets a chance to process the entry before it sends the next one.