Posts Tagged ‘Parameters’

June 6 2009

Knowing Copy running-config and startup-config

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Another common configure network commands are copy running-config and startup-config. Those commands create the backup copy of the running configuration in the NVRAM. The show configuration command can be used to check the contents of the NVRAM. The show running-config command displays active settings in the current terminal session. Here the example list of parameters for the copy command that use running-config and startup-config.

R1#copy ?
  /erase          Erase destination file system.
  flash:          Copy from flash: file system
  ftp:            Copy from ftp: file system
  null:           Copy from null: file system
  nvram:          Copy from nvram: file system
  rcp:            Copy from rcp: file system
  running-config    Copy from current system configuration         
  startup-config    Copy from startup configuration                
  system:         Copy from system: file system
  tftp:           Copy from tftp: file system
  xmodem:         Copy from xmodem: file system
  ymodem:         Copy from ymodem: file system
R1#copy running-config ?
  flash:          Copy to flash: file system
  ftp:            Copy to ftp: file system
  null:           Copy to null: file system
  nvram:          Copy to nvram: file system
  rcp:            Copy to rcp: file system
  running-config  Update (merge with) current system configuration
  startup-config  Copy to startup configuration
  system:         Copy to system: file system
  tftp:           Copy to tftp: file system
R1#copy running-config
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May 5 2009

Strange Security Tactic of Wireless Network Security

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Disable DHCP

Disable DHCP at first, this may sound like a strange security tactic, but for wireless networks, it makes sense. With this step, hackers would be forced to decipher your IP address, subnet mask, and other required TCP/IP parameters. If a hacker is able to make use of your access point for whatever reason, he or she will still need to figure out your IP addressing as well.

Disable or modify SNMP settings

If your access point supports SNMP, either disable it or change both the public and private community strings. If you don’t take this step, hackers can use SNMP to gain important information about your network.

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