| A | B |
| enable (4) | Used to enter the Privilege Mode |
| config-t (4) | Used to enter Global configuration mode |
| router rip (4) | Used to enter Router configuration mode |
| int or interface (4) | Used to enter Interface configuration mode |
| Show Version (4) | Displays the configuration of the system hardware |
| Show Protocols (4) | Displays configured protocols, shows status of Layer 3 protocols |
| Show Interfaces (4) | Displays the statistics for all interfaces configured on the router |
| Show Startup-config (4) | Displays the backup configuration file stored in NVRAM |
| Show CDP Neighbors (4) | Displays information about the networks directly connected to the router |
| Telnet (4) | Remotely connected to a router (Layer 7) |
| Ping (4) | Tests end to end connection (Layer 3) |
| Trace (4) | Provides a look at the paths taken by packets |
| Show IP Route (4) | Displays the routing tables |
| Show Startup-config (5) | Displays the saved backup configuration file which is the contents of NVRAM |
| Show Running-config (5) | Displays the current configuration in RAM |
| Erase Startup-config (5) | Deletes the backup configuration in RAM |
| Reload (5) | Reloads the router, causing it to run through the entire startup process |
| Setup (5) | Helps setup the initial configuration |
| Configure Terminal [config t] (5) | Configures manually from the console terminal |
| Configure Memory (5) | Loads configuration information from the NVRAM |
| Copy TFTP Running-config (5) | Loads the configuration information from a network TFTP server |
| Show Running-config (5) | Displays the current configuration in RAM |
| Copy Running-config Startup Config (5) | Stores the current configuartion from RAM into NVRAM |
| Copy Running-config TFTP (5) | Stores the current configuration from RAM on a network TFTP server |
| Line Console 0 (6) | Establishes a password on the console terminal |
| Erase Startup-config (5) | Erases the contents of NVRAM |
| Line VTY 0 4 (6) | Establishes password protection on incoming Telnet Sessions |
| Enable Password (6) | Restricts access to privileged mode |
| Enable Secret (6) | Controls direct access to the privileged mode and encrypted to alter the password character string |
| Banner MOTD (6) | Command used to create a message of the day banner to be displayed on all connected terminals |