Cisco Configuration Professional (CCP) for my 871w router

CCP is the "new" GUI from Cisco that is used to manage their routers. It's a free downloadable software (using a CCO account) and it has also replaced Security Device Manager (SDM) a couple of years ago.

Here are the quick steps and commands used to enable my 871w router for CCP.

871W#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
871W(config)#username admin privilege 15 password cisco123   // CCP DOESN'T LIKE cisco/cisco AND IT WILL ASK YOU TO CREATE A MORE SECURE USER ACCOUNT
871W(config)#ip http server    // USE ip http secure-server FOR HTTPS ACCESS
871W(config)#ip http authentication local


You'll need to install an older version of Java for CCP to work nicely.  The file version used on my Windows 7 PC is running 6.0.310.79.

If you just double-click the program, it will open the CCP window and display "Retrieving port" indefinitely. The program must be "Run as administrator" which can be done by doing a right-click on the program.

After successfully opening CCP, it will ask you for the IP address, username and password of the discovered device.

CCP is smart enough to detect and ask you to change the default login of cisco/cisco.

The Configure section covers a lot of functions for managing the router. I just put here some screenshots, including Monitor section, which are of interest.