About This Guide
This section discusses the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the
Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Router User Guide.
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Document Objectives
This publication will step you through initial site preparation, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 routers. It also covers selected maintenance procedures.
Audience
This publication is designed for the person installing the router, who should be familiar with electronic circuitry and wiring practices and have experience as an electronic or electromechanical technician.
For more advanced configurations, refer to the Router Products Configuration Guide and Router Products Command Reference publications for Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) Release 11.0 and earlier releases. Refer to the Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference publications for Cisco IOS Release 11.1 and later releases.
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Document Organization
Document Organization
The major sections of this user guide are as follows:
•Chapter 1, “Overview of the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Routers,” discusses the features and specifications of the routers.
•Chapter 2, “Preparing to Install the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Routers,” discusses environmental requirements and preparation for network connections, and describes the various ports and how to prepare for connections between networks and ports.
•Chapter 3, “Installing the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Routers,” includes basic installation information and discusses making connections to your LAN, WAN, console terminal, and modem.
•Chapter 4, “Configuring the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Routers,” discusses how to configure the routers using configuration mode, AutoInstall, or the prompt-driven System Configuration Dialog.
•Appendix A, “Maintaining the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Routers,” discusses maintenance procedures, including installing WAN modules, upgrading the boot Flash memory, upgrading the DRAM SIMM, replacing the system-code SIMMs, recovering lost passwords, changing the virtual configuration register settings, and copying a new system image to Flash memory.
•Appendix B, “Troubleshooting the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Routers,” provides troubleshooting procedures for the routers, such as reading the LEDs and running diagnostic tests.
•Appendix C, “Cabling Specifications for the Cisco 2524 and Cisco 2525 Routers,” provides pinouts for the router ports and cables.
•Appendix D, “Translated Safety Warnings,” contains translations in multiple languages of the warnings that appear in this manual.
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