Basics to configure a CISCO router to connect to internet.

 Any Cisco router you have around you say Cisco 1000, 1600, 2500, 2600, And 3600 Series Routers. Any cisco router you have the below configurations will be able to workout. These configurations will help you connect your LAN onto internet, Provide basic security to your Local Area Network (LAN) so that no other network connects if not defined in the configs cisco internet router. 

I will go straight to what I have around me to have this configuration done successfully.

1. Router: Cisco 1600 series.

2. ISP Addresses: [IP Address: 192.168.23.11 SubMask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.23.1].

3. LAN Addresses: [IP Address: 10.100.10.1 SubnetMask: 255.255.255.0]

4. Console Cable.

Step 1:

-    Connect your router into power and connect your console cable (will need an RJ-45 to DB-25 adapter). Power up that router without wasting a lot of time.

-    Open up your HyperTerminal: Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Communications -> HyperTerminal.

-    You can name anything your “Connection Description” mine is “ictmagazine” and choose 2nd icon.

-    Press OK , Then on the next interface choose a “COM” port your console is connecting to from the router. Mine was COM3 then press OK.

-    On the next screen restore to defaults “Restore Defaults” and you should be having something similar to that 

Then pressOK. You should be in your router now.

Well I will avoid you all the boring talk and just dive straight into the really thing “configuring a router to internet”, so let us go straight to step 2.

Please note that the names and password have used those are as per on my router. You can use anything you prefer to make sure your configurations are secure and matching to your standards.