Creating and Maintaining Configuration Files

[mesagreg]

I need to know how to modify a configuration file after having downloaded it from a router. Specifically, I need to insert/delete entries in an access list without having to re-enter the entire list.

Can anyone point me to documentation on how to do this?

Thanks,

Greg

 

[wybnormal]

Cut 'n Paste

You can download the config.. edit it in your favorite editor.. copy the changes... go to the router.. delete the original list... paste in the new list and save the config.

Pretty painless in practice

MikeS
"Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock" Wynn Catlin

 

[mesagreg]

Worry to be so dumb here, but I when am accessing the router through telnet, neither the dos prompt nor the windows telnet client lets me use CTRL+V to paste. How should I do it?

Thanks,

Greg

 

[mesagreg]

Okay,

I just figured it out. Sorry for the stupidity! Thanks for the response, Mike.

Greg

 

[abovebrd]

tftp

-Danny

 

[jimmyzz]

once you've copied it to your TFTP server, you will need to use wordpad not notepad to edit the config file.

J

 

[wybnormal]

Just to add one more note. Solarwinds and WinEdit both will let you compare two files line by line. They highlight the differences which can be VERY usefull if trying to trouble a complex, long winded accesslist etc. It's value has been where I made a baseline of a config and then someone else changed it and said " I didnt do anything".. unhuh.. then explain this line right here.. in red..

MikeS
"Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock" Wynn Catlin