Cisco IOS Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Using Virtual Templates

Problem

You want to configure dial backup by using virtual templates.

Solution

Virtual templates provide another way of configuring a central dialup host router:

dialhost#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
dialhost(config)#username Router1 password dialpassword
dialhost(config)#interface BRI0/0
dialhost(config-if)#no ip address
dialhost(config-if)#encapsulation ppp
dialhost(config-if)#dialer pool-member 1
dialhost(config-if)#isdn switch-type basic-ni
dialhost(config-if)#isdn point-to-point-setup
dialhost(config-if)#isdn spid1 800555123400 5551234
dialhost(config-if)#isdn spid2 800555123500 5551235
dialhost(config-if)#ppp authentication chap
dialhost(config-if)#ppp multilink
dialhost(config-if)#exit
dialhost(config)#interface Dialer1
dialhost(config-if)#no ip address
dialhost(config-if)#encapsulation ppp
dialhost(config-if)#dialer idle-timeout 300
dialhost(config-if)#dialer-group 1
dialhost(config-if)#no peer default ip address
dialhost(config-if)#ppp authentication chap
dialhost(config-if)#ppp multilink
dialhost(config-if)#exit
dialhost(config)#access-list 101 deny   eigrp any any
dialhost(config)#access-list 101 permit ip any any
dialhost(config)#dialer-list 1 protocol ip list 101
dialhost(config)#router eigrp 55
dialhost(config-router)#network 10.0.0.0
dialhost(config-router)#exit
dialhost(config)#interface Loopback1
dialhost(config-if)#ip address 10.1.99.1 255.255.255.0
dialhost(config-if)#exit
dialhost(config)#