| A | B |
| enable | Used to enter the Privileged 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 on the router |
| show startup-config | displays the backup configuration file stored in NVRAM |
| show cdp neighbors | displays info bout the networks directly connected to the router |
| telnet | remotely connect to a router (Layer 7) |
| ping | tests end to end connection (Layer 3) |
| trace | proves a look at the paths taken by packets |
| show ip route | displays the routing tables |
| erase startup-config | erases data in NVRAM |
| setup | first time initialization; mode entered when no config files are found |
| show running config | show data in RAM |
| reload | reboots router |
| configure terminal | configures manually from the console terminal |
| copy tftp running-config | loads configuration info from a network tftp server into RAM |
| configure memory | loads configuration info from NVRAM |
| copy running-config startup config | stores the current configuraton from RAM into NVRAM |
| copy running-config tftp | stores the current config from RAM on a network tftp server |
| line console 0 | establishes a password on the console terminal |
| enable password | restricts access to privileged EXEC mode |
| line vty 0 4 | pass protection on Telnet sessions |
| enable secret | controls direct access to the privileged mode and is encrypted to alter the password character string |
| banner motd | banner message of the day - displays a message at login on all users |