working on a router.

Niblet - LOL

Hokay - check it out... first thing I would do is setup a console to the router, set your terminal app to 9600,N,8,1 and whatever com port you're using. Open the terminal app and hit enter a few times (you should see a prompt that says [router>] or something. Type enable then <enter> so you have privileged exec mode which looks like [router#] Then type "config t" this takes you to global config mode [router(config)#]. Here type: "line vty 0 4" then <enter> then type "password cisco" then <enter> (cisco is the password but you should pick your own). then type "login" and press <enter> then type "exit" and press enter, your back at global config. Now type
"enable password cisco" (cisco is the sample password - again, chose your own password here) then enter. Now depending on the kind of Cisco device this is IOS on a catalyst or maybe a router? you need to setup a management interface. If it's a router maybe E0 or Fastethernet0/0 or whatever. type "ip address 192.168.1.10 255..255.255.0" (this is just a sample class C private address) then press <enter> You may also want to type "no shut" on your LAN Interface to make sure its up.

This reason for this initial setup is to enable you to telnet to the device. Without the VTY setup on the router, telnet connections will be rejected. It is also necessary to have the enable password.

Now as far as the static route... on cisco IOS you need to be at global config, then type "ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1"
then <enter> this tells the router to place a route in the routing table for 192.168.1.0/24 and any traffic for that subnet should be sent to 10.0.0.1.

This is MINIMAL.

Niblet - I want to recommend a website to you: http://www.happyrouter.com/ This is David Davis's web site. He has some videos and some other content that you may find usefull to help you get started. He has a nice video on setting up VLANs that I think was well done.

Hope to hear form you soon!

Regards,
-noto