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oh and here is the link to Ciscos SDM install guide along with the device requirments<br />
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<a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps5318/prod_installation_guide09186a00803e4727.html#wp37069" rel="ugc">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps5318/prod_installation_guide09186a00803e4727.html#wp37069</a>
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First comment did it for me, I feel even more silly now.<br />
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On a side note I was setting up the IP on FastEthernet0. Why would you set an IP up on the port, I thought the IP were on the device attached to the port?
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Just think of the port as the network card for the router. Routers Just have multiple ports for routing. You computers NIC has an IP so other devices know how to get to it, the same is true for your router. <br />
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Usually when you configure your IP setting on a server or workstation the IP address given for the default gateway is the address of the router port connecting that network.<br />
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Make sense?<br />
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If you want a good crash course in routers then i suggest reading the Sybex CCNA study guide. Lots of good information on both routers and switches.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sybex.com/WileyCDA/SybexTitle/CCNA-Cisco-Ceritifed-Network-Associate-Study-Guide-Exam-640-801-Deluxe-Edition.productCd-0782143148.html" rel="ugc">http://www.sybex.com/WileyCDA/SybexTitle/CCNA-Cisco-Ceritifed-Network-Associate-Study-Guide-Exam-640-801-Deluxe-Edition.productCd-0782143148.html</a>
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Don't laugh.<br />
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I've set up two PIX pixes recently with a site to site VPN.<br />
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However, I recently bought a Cisco 877 for home, it has been wiped.<br />
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There is no DHCP so I don't know what the IP is, default 10.10.10.1 don't work.<br />
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I don't have the IP so cannot access the SDM.<br />
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So I used HyperTerminal via the console. I did enable &gt;&nbsp;show config. <br />
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I get &quot;start-up config is not present&quot;<br />
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How do I set an IP on the router and then enable the SDM? It should be so simple but I am lost :S
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Don't laugh.

I've set up two PIX pixes recently with a site to site VPN.

However, I recently bought a Cisco 877 for home, it has been wiped.

There is no DHCP so I don't know what the IP is, default 10.10.10.1 don't work.

I don't have the IP so cannot access the SDM.

So I used HyperTerminal via the console. I did enable > show config. 

I get "start-up config is not present"

How do I set an IP on the router and then enable the SDM? It should be so simple but I am lost :S

Cisco 877 Complete n00b

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.