<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I have a cisco 2811 router and plan to get another for a backup (spare). &nbsp;I have the config file for the current one and it doesnt seem to be a very large file as we are just allowing communication to pass through to the web.<br />
<br />
I am not a cisco guru and tip toe lightly in the area so my question is how do I prepare the alternate 2811 so I can have it ready in the event the orignal goes down? &nbsp;I can console into the unit and once in can I copy the config and save it off or just tftp the file to the unit and save it?<br />
<br />
Thanks for the help
</div>
</div>


I have a cisco 2811 router and plan to get another for a backup (spare).  I have the config file for the current one and it doesnt seem to be a very large file as we are just allowing communication to pass through to the web.

I am not a cisco guru and tip toe lightly in the area so my question is how do I prepare the alternate 2811 so I can have it ready in the event the orignal goes down?  I can console into the unit and once in can I copy the config and save it off or just tftp the file to the unit and save it?

Thanks for the help

Cisco 2811 help

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.