Commands Cisco Tools A B enable Used to enter privilege mode config-t Used to enter global configuration mode router rip Used to enter router configuration mode int or interface Used to enter interface configuration mode show version displays the configuration of the system hardware show protocols displays configured protocols, shows status of layer 3 protocols show interfaces displays the statistics for all interfaces configured by the router show startup-config Displays the backup configuration file stored in NVRAM show cdp neighbors displays information about the networks directly connected to the router telnet Remotely connect to a router (Layer 7) ping tests end to end connection (layer 3) trace provides a look at the paths taken by packets show ip route Displays routing tables