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Release Notes for Cisco ConfigMaker Version 2.3
May 10, 1999
These Release Notes provide information about using Cisco ConfigMaker and contain the following sections:
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Cisco ConfigMaker is an easy-to-use Windows 95/98/NT application that configures Cisco routers, switches, hubs, and other devices. Using a graphical user interface (GUI), you draw your network and then Cisco ConfigMaker creates the Cisco IOS configuration files for the devices on your network. Network configuration using Cisco ConfigMaker does not require knowledge of the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI). In addition, you can use Cisco ConfigMaker as an off-line tool. You can draw and configure your entire network without having the devices on-hand until you are ready to deliver the configuration files to them.
Cisco ConfigMaker does not configure every IOS parameter or support every IOS feature. Rather, it helps you get your device up and running by supporting the most common features.
To start Cisco ConfigMaker, double-click the Cisco ConfigMaker icon on your desktop, or select Start > Programs > Cisco ConfigMaker v2.3 from the Windows task bar.
| Feature
| Cisco ConfigMaker Support
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Devices
| - Routers - Cisco 800, 1000, 1600, 1700, 2500, 2600, 3600, and 4000 (excluding routers with token ring)
- Switches - Cisco 1548, 1548M Micro Switch 10/100
- Hubs - Cisco 1501/1502/1503 Micro Hub, Cisco 1528, 1538, 1538M
- Micro Hub 10/100 Stacks - Cisco Micro Hub Stack
- Other - Cisco Cache Engine (only configures WCCP on the router), Cisco Micro Webserver 200
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Cisco IOS
| - Routers - Cisco IOS Release 11.2 or higher
- Other devices - any release
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LAN Connections
| Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
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WAN Connections
| ISDN BRI, ISDN PRI, ISDN leased-line, frame relay, PPP (serial), HDLC, asynchronous, voice line, POTS (for Cisco 800 series routers)
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Routing Protocols
| EIGRP, RIP version 2
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Routed Protocols
| IP, IPX, AppleTalk Phase 2
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VPN
| Configure IPSec and Internet Key Exchange (IKE), draw VPN connections between point-to-point sites, use pre-shared key method for authentication; configure hashing method, encryption method, security association (SA) timeout values
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Quality of Service (QoS)
| Configure Committed Access Rate (CAR)
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Firewall
| Cisco IOS Firewall feature set - CBAC, global timer values, DOS attach thresholds, Java blocking; access lists; enable/disable audit trail
Note: ConfigMaker applies firewall configuration to the router connected to the Internet or Corporate Network or any one router if there is no Internet or Corporate Network.
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Voice
| Support for voice-over-IP (VoIP) connection to telephones, facsimiles, PBX, and PSTN; support for Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) connection to telephone and facsimiles
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Addressing
| NAT, Easy IP (Phase 1), Address Network Wizard for automatic addressing
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Dial Backup
| Backup any serial connection with a dial-up or serial connection
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SNMP
| Configure read community string, read/write community string, and SNMP trap manager
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DHCP
| Configure DHCP server or DHCP relay
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CSU/DSU
| Configure CSU/DSU module (not supported on ISDN PRI network modules)
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Configuration Delivery
| Delivery using the console port; delivery over the network if device has an IP address
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Other Configuration
| Number of virtual terminals, message-of-the-day banner, IP domain name lookup, HTTP server, password encryption
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Other Features
| AutoDetect Device Wizard, IP Subnet Calculator, Ping Device, Issue Show Commands, WAN Configuration Worksheets, Instant Upgrade, Cisco ConfigMaker Tutorial
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System Requirements
| 80486 or Pentium-class computer, Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0, 16 MB RAM, 20 MB hard disk space, 800 x 600 pixels display with 256 colors
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- Requires no knowledge of Cisco IOS or the CLI to configure a device.
- Easily connects you to the Internet with the following features:
- IPSec to create a tunnel between two sites for a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Committed Access Rate (CAR) for quality of service (QoS) in bandwidth management
- Cisco IOS firewall and access lists for security
- Network Address Translation (NAT) and Easy IP for addressing
- Web Cache Control Protocol (WCCP) for redirecting web traffic to the Cisco Cache Engine to reduce downloading time
- Automatically identifies a device including any network modules or interface cards (WICs and VICs) using the AutoDetect Device Wizard.
- Supports all devices contained in the Cisco Networked Office stack.
- Appends any Cisco IOS commands to the configuration files generated by Cisco ConfigMaker.
- Provides network consistency across all devices in your network when you change any device attribute.
- Contains an extensive online help system, context-sensitive help, and a tutorial on how to use Cisco ConfigMaker.
Here are the new features in version 2.3. For a list of changes in the previous releases, see the history of change.
- Configures IPSec between two routers.
- Configures Committed Access Rate (CAR) for bandwidth management on connections to the Internet and VPN connections.
- Enables Web Cache Control Protocol (WCCP) on the router to redirect web traffic to the Cisco Cache Engine.
- Supports the Cisco 1538 and 1538M hubs.
- Supports the Cisco 1538M switch.
- Configures dialer profiles for ISDN connections when necessary.
- For each router connected to the Internet or Corporate Network, you can run the Firewall Wizard (previously called the Security Wizard) to generate Cisco IOS firewall or access list configuration.
- If you do not have a connection to the Internet or Corporate Network, you can select one router to run the Firewall Wizard on.
- You can enter more than one phone number for an ISDN or async connection
- You can choose specific ISDN interfaces for an ISDN connection.
- You no longer need the remote router name for the ISDN connection to the Internet or Corporate Network. This connection supports both CHAP and PAP.
- A host (PC) may be connected to more than one LAN.
- The Needs addresses state for the device and connection were removed. If you don't have the necessary information such as addresses for the device, it will be in the Needs information state.
- Selecting the modules in your modular router has been simplified with drop-down lists.
- The Device Properties shows you the status of the device and what you need to do next. There are many other user interface changes to make the application easier to use.
- There is a new topic for VPN in the Cisco ConfigMaker tutorial (previously called the Cisco ConfigMaker Movie).
Cisco ConfigMaker has the following minimum and recommended system requirements:
- Minimum System Requirements
- 80486 or Pentium-compatible computer
- Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0
- 800 x 600 display with at least 256 colors
- 16 MB of RAM
- 20 MB of hard disk space
- Recommended Requirements
- Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher
- Internet connection on PC running Cisco ConfigMaker
Cisco ConfigMaker supports routers running Cisco IOS Release 11.2 or above. It supports any version of the Cisco Micro Hubs, Cisco Micro Switch, Cisco Cache Engine, and Cisco Micro Webserver 200.
Cisco ConfigMaker supports the following Cisco devices, network modules, and WAN interface cards.
- Routers
- Cisco 800 series: 801, 802, 803, 804
- Cisco 1000 series: 1003, 1004, 1005
- Cisco 1600 series: 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605-R
- Cisco 1700 series: 1720
- Cisco 2500 series: 2501, 2503, 2505, 2507, 2509, 2509-RJ, 2511, 2511-RJ, 2514, 2516, 2520, 2522, 2524
- Cisco 2600 series: 2610, 2611, 2620, 2621
- Cisco 3600 series: 3620, 3640
- Cisco 4000 series: 4500, 4500-M, 4700, 4700-M
- 1600 Network Interface Cards
- WAN Interface Cards (WICs):
1 Serial
| 1 56/64-kbps CSU/DSU
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1 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 1 T1 CSU/DSU
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1 ISDN BRI (S/T) LL (Cisco 1603 and 1604 only)
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- 1700 Network Interface Cards
- WAN Interface Cards (WICs):
1 Serial
| 1 56/64-kbps CSU/DSU
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2 Serial
| 1 T1/FT1 CSU/DSU
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1 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 2 async/sync
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- 2524 Network Interface Cards
- WAN Interface Cards (WICs):
5-in-1 serial
| T1 CSU/DSU
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ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 2-wire 56/64-kbps CSU/DSU
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| 4-wire 56/64-kbps CSU/DSU
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- 2600 Network Interface Cards
- Network Modules:
4 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 4 async/sync
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8 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 8 async/sync
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1 T1 ISDN PRI
| 16 async
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2 T1 ISDN PRI
| 32 async
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1 E1 ISDN PRI
| 1-slot VIC
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2 E1 ISDN PRI
| 2-slot VIC
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- WAN Interface Cards (WICs):
1 serial
| 1 56/64 kbps CSU/DSU
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2 serial
| 1 T1 CSU/DSU
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1 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 2 async/sync
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- Voice Interface Cards (VICs):
2 Voice FXS
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2 Voice FXO
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2 Voice E/M
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- 3600 Network Interface Cards
- Network Modules
1 Ethernet
| 1 10/100 Ethernet, 1 T1/ISDN PRI
| 4 Serial
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4 Ethernet
| 1 10/100 Ethernet, 2 T1/ISDN PRI
| 4 Async/sync
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1 Ethernet, 2 WAN slot
| 1 10/100 Ethernet, 1 E1/ISDN PRI
| 8 Async/sync
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2 Ethernet, 2 WAN slot
| 1 10/100 Ethernet, 2 E1/ISDN PRI
| 16 Async
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1 Fast Ethernet
| 1 T1 ISDN PRI
| 32 Async
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Compression module
| 2 T1 ISDN PRI
| 1-slot VIC
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4 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 1 E1 ISDN PRI
| 2-slot VIC
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8 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 2 E1 ISDN PRI
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- WAN Interface Cards (WICs):
1 Serial
| 1 56/64 kbps CSU/DSU
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1 ISDN BRI (U, S/T) {WIC - 1B}
| 1 T1 CSU/DSU
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1 ISDN BRI (U, S/T) {WIC36-1B}
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- Voice Interface Cards (VICs)
2 Voice FXS
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2 Voice FXO
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2 Voice E/M
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- 4000 Network Interface Cards
- Network Modules:
2 Ethernet
| 4 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 2 serial
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6 Ethernet
| 8 ISDN BRI (U, S/T)
| 4 serial
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1 Fast Ethernet
| 1 T1 ISDN PRI
| 2 serial, 16 async/sync
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| 1 E1 ISDN PRI
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- Hubs
- Cisco 1500 series: 1501, 1502, 1503
- Cisco 1528, 1538, 1538M Micro Hub 10/100
- Cisco Micro Hub stack
- Cisco Micro Hub 10/100 stack
- Switches
- Cisco 1548, 1548M Micro Switch 10/100
- Internet/Intranet Devices
- Cisco Cache Engine (only configures WCCP on routers)
- Cisco Micro Webserver 200
- Cisco ConfigMaker also supports these nonconfigurable devices
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| - Dial-in PCs (modem), refers to one or more PCs
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| - Dial-in PCs (ISDN), refers to one or more PCs
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- Voice Devices
- Telephone
- Fax machine
- Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
- Public Service Telephone Network (PSTN)
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Cisco ConfigMaker provides:
- Getting Started with Cisco ConfigMaker, a CD booklet with basic procedures, such as installing the software, adding devices, LAN segments, and connections.
- An extensive online help system and an online tutorial that shows how to use Cisco ConfigMaker.
- Delivering the configuration to a Cisco 1548M switch fails.
- Workaround: The Cisco 1548M switch requires a slower baud rate to communicate with this device. Log into the console using a telecommunications program like Windows' HyperTerminal. Set the baud rate to 2400. Now select the device in Cisco ConfigMaker and press F5 to view the configuration. Press ctrl-a to select all of the text and ctrl-c to copy the text to the clipboard. Then paste the contents of the clipboard into your console window. In HyperTerminal, this is ctrl-v. [CSCdm28809]
- You cannot remove the default SNMP community strings on the Cisco 1548M switch in Cisco ConfigMaker. If you attempt to remove the community strings, the community string public is still set for the read community string and the string private is still set for the read/write community string.
- Workaround: To remove the community strings entirely, you must use SNMP. This requires you to have SNMP software to do this. [CSCdm30548]
- If you run the Cisco ConfigMaker Tutorial and while it's loading, you click in the Cisco ConfigMaker window, the tutorial window is put in the background. The colors are not correct when you click on the tutorial.
- Workaround: To fix the color problem, switch between the Cisco ConfigMaker window and the tutorial window again. Cisco ConfigMaker requires at least a 256-color display.
- Some routers such as the Cisco 1005 and Cisco 1601 have Cisco IOS images that support either sync on the serial interface or async/sync on the serial interface. For these routers with the async/sync image, if you configure the serial interface as async and then change the interface to sync and use network delivery, it will not change the serial interface to sync.
- Workaround: Either use console delivery or recreate the device again.
- On Windows 95/98, the Deliver Configuration Wizard Preview page is missing the Delete, Move Up, and Move Down buttons.
- Workaround: Select the devices you want to deliver before running the Deliver Configuration Wizard. You will not be able to specify the order of delivery. [CSCdk23390]
- If your network is using EIGRP and there is an ISDN connection, it is possible that a routing loop may occur depending on your network topology. Typically this happens if the networks on both side of the ISDN connection are connected through another path.
- Because the ISDN connection uses snapshot routing and EIGRP doesn't support snapshot routing, Cisco ConfigMaker uses RIPv2 for this connection. (See Network Properties, Routing tab in the Cisco ConfigMaker application for more information.) It redistributes routing updates between EIGRP and RIPv2. You may need to prevent routes that are redistributed into EIGRP from RIPv2 from being redistributed back into RIPv2 and creating a routing loop.
- Workaround: Manually, add the distribute-list and access list commands. See http://www.cisco.com/univ-src/ccden/data/doc/cintrnet/idg3/idgisdn.htm#REF16150.
- In the Firewall Wizard, if you allow access to all services or deny access to all services, there is no warning about requiring ICMP access in both directions (client to server and server to client).
- Sometimes the SNMP trap manager entries for Micro Hub devices are not configured correctly.
- Workaround: The trap manager community string has to be one of the SNMP read or read/write community strings. [CSCdk63927]
- For the Cisco 800 routers, Cisco ConfigMaker does not configure the ISDN connection for more than one telephone number.
- Workaround: Manually enter IOS commands to configure the ISDN connection for other telephone number(s) using "Append config commands..." option in the Configuration tab in the Device Properties dialog box. [CSCdk64411]
For help on troubleshooting other problems, see the Cisco ConfigMaker Version 2.3 Troubleshooting Guide.
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Posted: Mon May 10 14:54:32 PDT 1999
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