| A | B |
| enable | used to enter the priviledge 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 about the networks directly connected to the router |
| telnet | remotely connected 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 the routing tables |
| configure terminal | configures manually from the console terminal |
| configure memory | loads configuration information from NVRAM |
| configure tftp running-config | loads configuration information from a network TFTP server |
| show running-config | displays the current configuration in RAM |
| copy running-cofig startup config | stores the current configuration from RAM into NVRAM |
| copy running-config tftp | stores the current configuration from RAM on a network TFTP server |
| show startup-config | displays the saved configuration, which is the contents of NVRAM |
| erase startup-conf | erases the contents of NVRAM |
| configure memory | Loads configuration information from NVRAM. |
| erase startup-config | Erases the contents of NVRAM. |
| copy running-config startup-config | Stores the current configuration from RAM (the running configuration) into NVRAM (as the startup or backup configuration). |
| show startup-config | Displays the saved configuration, which is the contents of NVRAM. |
| line console 0 | establishes a password on the console terminal |
| line vty 0 4 | establishes password protection on incoming Telnet sessions |
| enable password | restricts access to privileged EXEC mode |
| enable secret | password (from the system configuration dialog to set up global parameters -- uses a Cisco proprietary encryption process to alter the password character string |
| banner motd | command used to create a message of the day banner to be displayed on all connected terminals |
| reload | reboot command, causes the router through the entire startup process |
| setup | used to enter the setup mode from the privledge mode |