How to Connect to a Cisco Switch Using Putty (CCNA)

[@dougschneiderhecschneider5806]

David has an innate ability to deliver and convert his deep technical message in human speak. So easy to process and digest. A true and welcome Champion in the global training arena.

[@AnthonyJames7]

Dave - Thank you for the tip about blowing out the console port by plugging the RJ45 connector into the ethernet port of a laptop. This is actually new to me, I've not experienced that before. (thankfully) You may have just saved my company some $$$ & trouble by teaching me this!

[@jensonci11]

Thank you David!! I'm graduating this April with a bachelor's in I.T. and I decided to jump in and change our switch at work (a small business) from an un-managed Netgear switch to a managed Cisco one. I'm doing several upgrades to our system too. I have done virtual labs in school and your video has given me the confidence and realization that I can do this. Thank you so much for the real-life experience you presented and for explaining things so well!! I'm a subscribing to your channel now!

[@wambamcamcam]

Awesome! I have two Cisco switches and a router sitting on my desk and I was hoping you'd post a video like this that I can watch before I went in and configured them. Thank you AGAIN, David! You are great!

[@davidbombal]

Happy to hear that!

[@b.sandeepreddy8004]

Yes we need more practical videos like this . Thank you sir . Looking for many videos like this

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Sandeep!

[@abc-bu7nr]

I just needed a refresher on how to use console cables. It's been a few years but I used putty all the time but only on PC's. Now as mostly a structured cabling guy, I use team viewer and am just a "smart hands" tech for remote help desks. Great video Thank you

[@CaptainBullzAQW]

18:25 this kinda stuff that you dont get to know when learning alone, thank youu @davidbombal!

[@arnoldwilson4999]

David is a master in relating commandes to the common user. I'm just blown away at this. Thsnk you David

[@abdulnajaf4845]

I have always wanted to know how to configure a new switch/router and was even asked in an interview. Your video perfectly demonstrates this.

[@davidbombal]

Glad it was helpful Abdul!

[@Darth_Necro]

David you've done it again I'm so proud

[@tahersadeghi6773]

The yellow characters on the Black background are very easy to read a good explanation. Thank you.

[@JoelKib]

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[@2600lifestyle]

Awesome vid. I just bought a used Cisco switch for 5 bucks and knew nothing about it. Now I’m going to play with it!

[@donaldmintotet3098]

Hey David! Thanks a lot for this video. So professional and let me say that you're really born with the thing. I not only learned how to configure but also how to use my devices. Thanks.

[@linusmwenda5358]

I liked every bit of the video, especially where the real life errors (BSOD) came up and you had to deal with them.

[@cesarquinteroz]

David thanks heaps for actually showing everything slowly and the great explanation both the hardware as well as the software and commands. Too many people do videos and they type everything so fast is difficult to know what is going on. Your video is absolutely awesome! Easy to follow as well. Many thanks!

[@danielrogers9668]

Thank you so much for stressing your warning about the out-of-band connection. I'm starting a networking role at my company and I'm glad I will not at least blow some expensive equipment in that particular way.

[@davidbombal]

Menu: Overview: 0:00 Rollover cable: 1:24 DB9 RJ45 connector: 2:55 Modern Console cable: 3:37 USB to Serial converter: 4:28 USB console ports: 6:00 Connecting a laptop to devices: 6:52 Download Putty: 11:37 Select serial port in Windows: 13:11 Access console of a switch: 14:49 USB console to switch configuration: 16:35 Initial Configuration Dialog: 19:42 Basic Switch settings: 23:07 Need help for your CCNA exam? Join my Discord here: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Buy my full CCNA course here for $10: bit.ly/ccnafor10 Or support the mission, join thisisIT: bit.ly/thisisitccna CCNA 200-301 Playlist: bit.ly/freedbccna Support me via thisisIT: Join thisisIT: bit.ly/thisisitccna Or, buy the CCNA course and support me: DavidBombal.com: CCNA ($10): bit.ly/yt999ccna Udemy CCNA Course: bit.ly/ccnafor10dollars GNS3 CCNA Course: CCNA ($10): bit.ly/gns3ccna10 Get Packet Tracer here: www.netacad.com/courses/packet-tracer ====================== Special Offers: ====================== Cisco Press: Up to 50% discount Save every day on Cisco Press learning products! Use discount code BOMBAL during checkout to save 35% on print books (plus free shipping in the U.S.), 45% on eBooks, and 50% on video courses and simulator software. Offer expires December 31, 2020. Shop now. Link: bit.ly/ciscopress50 ITPro.TV: itpro.tv/davidbombal 30% discount off all plans Code: DAVIDBOMBAL Boson software: 15% discount Link: bit.ly/boson15 Code: DBAF15P

[@jianlux4661]

Thanks for your video, they are very helpful😊 Just one consideration that you are free to follow or not. I don't know well spoken english. I started to follow you thanks to the subtitles, you might consider to adding them because this and the previous video don' t have them. However i admire your work ☺

[@mtkn744]

I don't get it. I paid Money for this on Udemy. Same Video is here for free.

[@wakingthewoke3061]

Just one teeny correction, during the 'USB Console Port' section, you said that the newer switches have a UBS port, and yes, they do, but you said that it's not "Micro" USB and that it's a "Standard" USB, but that's incorrect, it's a "Mini" USB. Standard is the large USB ends that we're all used to plugging into the back of our PC's and into wall chargers. Side from that excellent video, and much appreciated.

[@electricz3045]

When i lookup rhis exact switch, i csnt seem to find it. I find ine for seiund 100_ and snother ine for around 1K. Coukd anyone please shwre me the kink of the correct one used in this video?

[@wakingthewoke3061]

@@electricz3045 Maybe if you could fix your English.

[@bx1803]

Please don't be the guy that doesn't know how to do this when you get into your job. Please watch this video.

[@davidbombal]

lol... great comment Bart!

[@adipurnomo5683]

I was such person. 😁

[@squeezehard_draws9815]

getting the job is the hard part unfortunately

[@inkbythebarrelandpaperbyth6905]

That's why I'm here

[@Makenshin]

Too late

[@ndoukeutchatatblondel688]

what I like with this video is how David did not spare us the incident that may occur as you configure a new device. Thank you David.

[@blixerblacking4211]

Thank you so much David you even let us see what problems might happen in the real world while configuring those devices it not that easy to find exact videos like these you still my best instructor in IT 💪

[@NMranchhand]

Well done: slow, deliberate, and repetitious on the cables. Outstanding.

[@AugusPilludinho]

It's funny because I realized that in the theoretical part I am very close to being able to take the ccna but in practice I didn't know how to do even this hahaha LOL, THANK YOU DAVID, you and Jeremy are my teachers, I admire you.

[@S3bot]

This is what great demonstrative teaching is. Hands on!!

[@chwaqaschohan1439]

Best video to understand the configuration of a router by using Putty.

[@fumanchu9701]

Massive thanks for taking time to post this video David. Although this is the basics it’s something every beginner like me must learn well.

[@davidbombal]

Thank you!

[@vaishnav343]

Thanks sir especially useful to those who have less experience in field work. The video is really awesome for practical exposure. Thanks once again

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Alpa. I am trying to keep things simple so that the videos help everyone including those of you who don't work with these devices :)

[@akinslarry3433]

Thank you very much. A job that i have always not wanted to take on was taken and easily completed based on your help

[@vertigo1396]

Training to get my CCNA certification, why do you ask ? Love this madness, thank you sir👍

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[@juaninfante7000]

love it, looked for this video the whole youtube search engine, ima buy ur course, really good teacher here !

[@davidbombal]

Thank you John! I appreciate that!

[@ifixer247]

hats off sir... you gave the best explaination love you sir

[@adriangeorge6783]

Really good video, informative and covers everything "real world" comprehensively

[@papercliprain3222]

Wow I about blew up my new home lab with an ethernet cable in the console port just before watching this. I’m glad I found that out now vs on the job!

[@redazonto]

What a brief brainstorming tutor! Thanks mate.

[@xptical]

Thanks for the video Dave. So, I did this stuff years ago. I cannot fathom why Cisco hasn't created a "SSH" console port. I mean, I know why you wouldn't want to accidentally connect the console to your network. But a simple SSH port on 10.x.x.x or just requesting DHCP (but not internally connecting to the switch) would be highly useful. AFAIK, we used a terminal server device for initial configs. You'd SSH to this box and it had dozens of open serial ports, each connected to a switch in the rack. Nothing like setting up 20 new switches out of the box without ever leaving my desk.

[@davidbombal]

They have other options like SSH / web interfaces on some devices. But, the most trusted and common way to configure is via the console. Agreed about the console server - I still have a 2500 router which I use as a console server.

[@feiwoza]

i learned a command this morning "erase startup-config". Thankyou David !

[@feiwoza]

actually few few more commands towards the end :)

[@davidbombal]

Really happy you learned new commands Joseph!

[@CharlesMirco]

Lovely and very simple to understand....... You just made it easier, Sir.

[@swapnilpatel898]

Wow! David sir great...You are a gem when it comes to networking.

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Swapnil :)

[@avijitdebnath2066]

Just awesome. No other things to say. I wish if I could get a mentor like you in my life!!!!!

[@davidbombal]

Thank you so much, Avijit!

[@hasithadissanayake6506]

David, you are an amazing teacher...! Thanks for your great service

[@ftzx1]

Great Video. This is a lot better than just looking at pictures on a slide.

[@ahmadziabayani9618]

A world of thanks I learned many useful lessons from you I'm really proud of you

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Ahmadzia

[@hashim357]

Thank you so much ... I like the idea of watching real life problems that we faced when dealing with our devices. when your computer’s screen became blue twice.

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Hashim. Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@dsmarineYT]

Thanks for the video. I'd like to add that these blue screen might be from using a serial converter with Prolific chips on it, that sometimes are fake. Best bet is to buy a converter that uses FTDI chip!

[@ThePoistenec]

Seriously, thank you. Wonderful explanation of such a painful topic.

[@mlgdoge1943]

i came here to see how to connent, but i'll watch whole video i love it

[@hussameldeenesmat1292]

Thanks David. That was really helpful.🌷🌷 Your way is so simple to deliver information. Greeting from Sudan 🌷

[@alexanderastardjiev9728]

Really... 27mins video for something that can be explained in less that a minute. Great work David

[@davidbombal]

You couldn’t explain everything I covered in this video in less than a minute.

[@matthewstott3493]

Even more fun if you plug the console into a PoE Ethernet switch port. Ahh, I see the problem. You let out the blue magic smoke didn't ya? Arrrgh! I've only got USB-C and need yet another adapter! Son of a Boomer, I made many different serial cables to connect all kinds of stuff back in the day. I had a little notebook full of cable pinout diagrams. Crimped my own RJ-45 cables and used those RJ-45 to DB9 / DB25 male and female connectors. Converting RS-232 to RS-475 & RS-422, etc. Good stuff David, keep up the good work.

[@JasonFischer2711]

Thank you so much, David. I have stumbled across this channel today and love how you teach. I am hoping to become an MSP sometime soon and have been looking for this quality content for a week.

[@davidbombal]

Welcome to the channel Jay!

[@offmask9425]

OMG DAVE I have being waiting for this for a while .. thanks fave

[@degubelay6346]

thank you sir i was really searching a real world tutorial like this

[@surawork7046]

dude you are insane ..my God i loved it till the end

[@haiquannguyen2583]

best video, very clear. Thank you

[@EXPLOITStudio]

Thanks for all your contribution David Sir

[@davidbombal]

Thank you for watching :)

[@nikhilanand858]

I'll soon enroll in one of your networking course, you explain things very well....👍

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Nikhil

[@squeezehard_draws9815]

Great video David, packed with useful infos. loved it

[@PiotrKosmowski]

OMG you unblocked me. Pressing enter in the first screen in Putty was the key. Many thanks!!!

[@muhammadfaizan9164]

thank you so much, your mistakes was also logical and realistic.. thanks again

[@BriGuy1974]

"Buggy driver"? Kudos, and kudos again, good sir.

[@sampsonnyeneime]

really really educating. need the cnna course too

[@bobwong8268]

Truly Amazing David! I simply love your: "In the Old Day...". Pls show us more of your "Antique" colloctions; like the thick-net coxial cable, trans-ceiver and was that a vampire tap you shown previously! And of course that monsterous Potable PC in that episode.

[@davidbombal]

Glad you like it Bob! :)

[@linuxxxunil]

johnny come 3 years lately but wow my first time seeing what a console looks like. Lucky I don't have a rollover cable! I took a tech support job but am 99.9% sure they are going to sneak some networking tasks into the mix. Thank you Sir. "continued in the next video" ? where is the next video?

[@edwaoman2829]

At the end of the video I said instictively "Noo"😀, because I didn't wanted to stop. Thank you!..I just found something about myself!

[@davidbombal]

lol... and it was a really long video! Thank you Edwa!

[@hadialchoimari190]

david , thank you very much for your great informations and explications , really good job

[@anonymouss8906]

In all your good with God bless you dear David

[@davidbombal]

Thank you! I appreciate that!

[@adnanimtyar]

Thank you a lot Sir..your videos helps me a lot to learn CISCO

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Adnan. I'm happy to hear that!

[@adnanimtyar]

Thank you again Sir,I hope it will help me to build my career as a Network Engineer

[@davidbombal]

@@adnanimtyar Never stop learning :)

[@adnanimtyar]

@@davidbombal Thank you Sir,keep helping us like this We are thankful to you

[@hackingismylife2167]

Awesome sir your my role model your videos really helpful

[@davidbombal]

Thank you! I'm happy to hear that :)

[@buenosdiasgracias6219]

Cool! I purchased the Udemy CCNA course Thanks David. 👍👍☝🏻👀✅

[@davidbombal]

Thank you! I really appreciate that!

[@s.m.a1304]

can you please make a video about how to start in IT or about networks. I am a 17-year-old who is really interested in these things and I hope I will have a job in the IT area.

[@inspiration1398]

Such as a great video a new learning Engineer, you have share a first video deep details in total over youtuber, Its your video is different and unique another youtuber...❤

[@carlopasswords7083]

More videos like this, very pratice!

[@davidbombal]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

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[@educastellini]

-great video. -I pass by this class yesterday in the Udemy course. -But to use multiple simultaneous terminals I use in Linux a GUI Free program called Ásbrú, but there are several multi terminal programs either in widows or in Linux that you open each terminal for devices in tabs in the same program making it easier to command several devices and control them simultaneously, without having to open multiple instances of the putty, alias has the multi version of the putty the MTPUTTY, which is also free, on windows I would use it.

[@davidbombal]

Thank you for the great feedback Eduardo! I really appreciate your detailed comments :)

[@educastellini]

@@davidbombal - Professor David is a reference in the profession I chose for me, and you say that teaching teaches us and makes us better at what we learn, and I thing the same, so as I am studying as hard as I can to be a decent Network Engineer I always try to add to what the teacher teaches in the videos something that can help someone just as the teacher does. -I would like to thank you for the opportunity.

[@jamesdietsch7868]

Great content again David! Extremely well explained :)

[@davidbombal]

Thank you for watching!

[@jcramond73]

Newer Cisco cables are USB to RJ45, helps when you don't have a DB9 connector.

[@mariusavram7823]

Thank you! Very useful and practical video.

[@davidbombal]

Thank you for your continued support Marius

[@dalitsobotha7932]

Very informative and indepth video. You've earned my subscription.

[@vladislavkaras491]

Really detailed and good explanation! Thanks for the video!

[@Lyriks_]

Man i don't know you but it was a damn great introduction, i just purchased your course to show suport 👍

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Anthony! I appreciate that!

[@maximilliankelly48]

USB A to mini USB. The reason you are getting a blue screen is that windows is trying to boot from your USB A to USB mini as if it were a USB flash drive with a install of windows on it. Your bios is set to auto UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface).

[@PeacefulCoexistor]

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

[@realhomy]

Let’s go Cisco videos are the best

[@davidbombal]

Thank you :)

[@realhomy]

@@davidbombal your welcome and thank u for making It

[@muhammadjalal6362]

Well explain sir.you realy good instructor

[@offmask9425]

OMG DAVE I have being waiting for this

[@dr.johannesmunch891]

Very informative. Ideal for a repetitorium

[@sojienigbokan]

Great teaching technique and well delivered Demo at the right pace...Great stuff

[@tarakrama]

World class presentation sir!!! Tq sir

[@md.mijanurrahmansahed3037]

Excellent video.I am a CCNA certified but after watching your this vedio , i have decided to do course for CCNP. Have you any course for CCNP?

[@nikoheng]

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[@davidbombal]

Sharing is caring :) Thank you for watching Niko

[@muhammadrizwan404]

Such a good efforts. Thank you

[@delightgonyora8087]

BEST TUTOR

[@fparisi]

Always great contents

[@sellam8286]

Thank you very much.. this video helps a lot... keep doing this

[@1eightmafioso]

The video I needed thank you 🙏🏾

[@izoka1828]

the Usb cable used for console could be an ordinary USB cable (such as the one we use to connect a mobile phone) or need to be "Cisco " branded?

[@jaouadbenabdelkarim1843]

Thank you So So Much your Video help me a lot , to understand the real World of connecting network devices to end devices , Thank you a lot "very helpful Video"

[@sundaymosesprosper790]

thank you sir, i know understand the pratical aspect.

[@vyasG]

Thank you. Learned something new today. Never seen console cable with 2 RJ45 connectors, and did not know that the console port would be damaged if connected to ethernet port. What about connecting the console cable on switch/router ethernet port? Will it damage it?

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Vyas. Yes, it might. Different type of port / interface. Not a good idea to connect an Ethernet port to the console of a switch / router.

[@Alhazarad]

ditto, was never told about that before, glad to find out before finding out firsthand

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[@KiranKumar-dw4vq]

Awesome😊👏

[@davidbombal]

Thank you