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Hardware Installation Guide for  Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers
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Chapter 4      Configure Initial Router Settings on Cisco 4000 Series ISRs
  Verify Network Connectivity
Verify Network Connectivity
This section describes how to verify network connectivity for your router.
Prerequisites
• All configuration tasks describe in this chapter must be completed.
• The router must be connected to a properly configured network host.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. ping [ip-address | hostname]
3. telnet {ip-address | hostname} 
DETAILED STEPS
Examples 
The following display shows sample output for the ping command when you ping the IP address 
192.168.7.27: 
Router# ping 
Protocol [ip]:
Target IP address: 192.168.7.27 
Repeat count [5]:
Datagram size [100]:
Timeout in seconds [2]:
Extended commands [n]:
Sweep range of sizes [n]:
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.7.27, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent, round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms
Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable
Example:
Router> enable
Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if 
prompted.
Step 2
ping [ip-address | hostname] 
Example:
Router# ping 172.16.74.5
Diagnoses initial network connectivity. To verify 
connectivity, ping the next hop router or connected host for 
each configured interface to.
Step 3
telnet {ip-address | hostname} 
Example:
Router# telnet 10.20.30.40 
Logs in to a host that supports Telnet. If you want to test the 
vty line password, perform this step from a different 
network device, and use your router’s IP address.