- #HOW TO SET THE DEFAULT GATEWAY ON A CISCO SWITCH HOW TO#
- #HOW TO SET THE DEFAULT GATEWAY ON A CISCO SWITCH PASSWORD#
To get the Packet Tracer file for this lab, simply drop your email address in the comment section of this blog. Also subscibe to my YouTube channel, like my Facebook pageĀ and follow me on Twitter. If you enjoyed this tutorial, please subscribe to this blog to receive my posts via email. Remember that both the laptop and the switch are on different networks. To verify that I have configured the Cisco switch for remote management via ssh, I try to access the switch using the laptop on the network 192.168.0.0/24 using ssh. Timigate(config-line)#transport input ssh
#HOW TO SET THE DEFAULT GATEWAY ON A CISCO SWITCH PASSWORD#
Switch(config)#username admin password cisco Router0#copy run start Configuration commands on the switch Router1#copy run start Configuration commands on Router0 Configuration and commands explained in this tutorial are essential commands to manage a Cisco switch effectively. Router1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 This tutorial explains basic switch configuration commands in detail with examples.
#HOW TO SET THE DEFAULT GATEWAY ON A CISCO SWITCH HOW TO#
You may also like: How to create read-only user accounts on a Cisco router using Packet Tracer However, the solution can be achieved in many different ways. The commands used here a for the lab represented in the network topology used here. The following configuration commands will the required to configure a Cisco switch for remote management. (i) Assign IP addresses, subnetmask and default gateways.
(i) Configure an IP address for the management interface (ii) Advertise networks using eigrp On the switch To accomplish this, the following will be done: On the routers This chapter describes how to configure the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway on the Catalyst enterprise LAN switches. The objective of this lab is to configure the switch for remote management such that the laptop PC residing on a remote network be used to login and manage it via ssh. Having reviewed his requirements, I felt it would be nice to share the solution here so others can learn or refresh their minds from it, despite how simple it is. What he pointed out specifically as his problem was that while he could login and manage his switch when on the same network with the switch, he could not do the same when connecting to the switch from a remote network. One of my readers contacted me and requested for help in configuring his Cisco switch for remote management.