Now we know why we had so irritating problems trying to configure the routers.
We did not set the clock rate on both routers so it did not make a different what way the cables are connected.
DCE sets the clock rate and we tried to change the DTE.
We should have set the clock rate both places. That is why the line protocol (HDLC) was down and we could not turn it to no shutdown.
Today we returned after the Christmas holiday and started to connect the router and set it up with ours configuration.
To change the configuration on a router we need to connect the router with a pc with a console (serial) cable.
We use a program called putty that lets us open the commando prompt of the Router. Choose Serial and it should automatically find the com port you have the cable inserted to.
Now that we are connected to the router we need to reset it to factory default.
The first command you will see will be something like:
Router>
To reset it you need to type:
Router>erase startup-config
The router should be ready for a new setup.
To setup a new configuration we first need to enable the router, to do that type:
Router>enable
And it should change to:
Router#
Now we need to enter configuration mode, to do this type:
Router#conf t
Now it should look like this:
Router(config)#
Now we need to go to the interface to setup the information, so check what port you have plugged the network cable into, in our case its Serial 0/0. So in the commando prompt type:
Router(config)#interface serial 0/0
You are now on that interface and it should now look like this:
Router(config-if)#
The next thing to do is to give it an IP address and a Subnet Mask. So type in the IP and Subnet you have chosen. In our case we typed this:
(Don’t type space by the way)
Router(config-if)#198.162.2.14 <space> 255.255.255.240
The final thing to do is to make sure that the serial line don’t go down, to do this type:
Router(config-if)#no shutdown
To check if everything is as it should be type:
Router(config-if)#exit
Router(config)#exit
Router#show running-config
Don’t worry that if the information says that the line protocol is down, the router first need to be connected to another router for a protocol to be up.
Tried all day to get Veronica’s laptop as part of the servers domain. It was not possible as an error kept coming up.
Searched the internet for possible solutions but non was to be found.
But FTP is running between klients and server as all the components can ping eachother.
Went through the installation process of Domain Controller and Active Directory to bring Maria up to speed as she had a fever the day before.
So installing the DHCP before setting up a Domain Controller with Active Directory is not a good idea. Various roles needs the Domain Controller to make changes as we experienced with DHCP.
So we decided to reinstall the Server, it’s a very simple step-by-step process’s.
Then comes the step to install the Domain Controller and Active Directory. So we will run a program called dcpromo that will install both the Domain Controller and Active Directory together in one step.
Follow this step-by-step, in method 1 go to step 10 and follow the dcpromo guide from step 1 to 14.
This is what we put in, in some of the steps:
5: mariaserver.dk
6/7: Windows Server 2008
8: Untick DNS server
9: Choose to assign the static IP addresses.
IP address: 198.162.2.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
Now comes the task of installing DHCP that delegates IP addresses to connected devices.
Here is a nice step-by-step guide that we followed to set up ours.
Figure 4: Here is what we filled in.
Scope Name: maria pool
Starting IP Address: 198.162.2.3
Ending IP Address: 198.162.2.5
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway: N/A
All computers can ping each other and the server.
The first week did not go as planned. The computer we had chosen and reserved, was taken from us, and we tried several computers, till we found one that worked. It could not boot from USB, no matter what port we tried.
So we had Jacob to make a DVD, with the ISO on, so we started to install the operating system today.
We has set the server up with DHCP, so it will automatically delegate the IP address to the clients. We made contact with ping between the two clients and the server.
We have found a computer to install our Windows server on and the switch we are going to use. We are in the process of getting the server software, and have found a helpful PDF with Cisco IOS commands for when we have to set up VLAN.
The information on our setup can be read in our PDF file click here to read.
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