You save the configuration on a router with the copy running-config startup-config command and reboot the router. The router, however, comes up with a blank configuration. What can the problem be?
Options
A. You didn't boot the router with the correct command.
B. NVRAM is corrupted.
C. The configuration register setting is incorrect.
D. The newly upgraded IOS is not compatible with the hardware of the router.
Correct Answer
The configuration register setting is incorrect.
Explanation
If you save a configuration and reload the router and it comes up either in setup mode or as a blank configuration, chances are you have the configuration register setting incorrect.
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1. What should the configuration register value be after you successfully complete the password recovery procedure and return the router to normal operation?
All Cisco routers have a default configuration register setting of
0x2102, which tells the router to load the IOS from flash memory and the configuration from NVRAM.
2. The configuration register setting of 0x2102 provides what function to a router?
Options
A. Tells the router to boot into ROM monitor mode
B. Provides password recovery
C. Tells the router to look in NVRAM for the boot sequence
The
show hosts command provides information on temporary DNS entries and permanent name-to-address mappings created using the
ip host command.
7. You have your laptop directly connected into a router's Ethernet port. Which of the following are among the requirements for the copy flash tftp command to be successful?
TFTP server software must be running on the router.
TFTP server software must be running on your laptop.
The Ethernet cable connecting the laptop directly into the router's Ethernet port must be a straight-through cable.
The laptop must be on the same subnet as the router's Ethernet interface.
The copy flash tftp command must be supplied the IP address of the laptop.
Before you back up an IOS image to a laptop directly connected to a router's Ethernet port, make sure the TFTP server software is running on your laptop, that the Ethernet cable is a "crossover," and that the laptop is in the same subnet as the router's Ethernet port, and then you can use the
copy flash tftp command from your laptop.
8. Which of the following network types have a designated router and a backup designated router assigned?
No DR is assigned on any type of point-to-point link. No DR/BDR is assigned on the NBMA point-to-multipoint due to the hub/spoke topology. DR and BDR are elected on broadcast and non-broadcast multi-access networks. Frame Relay is a non-Broadcast Multi-Access (NBMA) network by default.
9. Which of the following protocols support VLSM, summarization, and discontiguous networking?
RIPv1 and IGRP are true distance-vector routing protocols and can't do much, really-except build and maintain routing tables and use a lot of bandwidth! RIPv2, EIGRP, and OSPF build and maintain routing tables, but they also provide classless routing, which allows for VLSM, summarization, and discontiguous networking.
The administrative distance (AD) is a very important parameter in a routing protocol. The lower the AD, the more trusted the route. If you have IGRP and OSPF running, by default IGRP routes would be placed in the routing table because IGRP has a lower AD of 100. OSPF has an AD of 110. RIPv1 and RIPv2 both have an AD of 120, and EIGRP is the lowest, at 90.