Easy Hostname Configuration on Cisco Router

Easy configuring of Hostnames on Cisco Router

You can easily set the “name” of the router with the “hostname” command used in global configuration mode. This is only locally significant, which means that it has no bearing on how the router performs name lookups or how the router works on the internetwork and its identification in the internetwork (by the way, identification is commonly done using IP address). 

Router>enable

                                    [to enter privileged exec mode]

 Router#configure terminal

                                    [to enter global configuration mode]

 Router(config)#hostname [hostname of router]

                                    [final command to configure the hostname]


A recommended practice is to name the router something related to the location to ensure that you are configuring the correct router and also to easily identify the router when you are connected to multiple routers simultaneously, for some troubleshooting or configuring something.