| A | B |
| enable | used to enter the privilege mode |
| config-t | used to enter global configuration mode |
| int or interface | used to enter inerface configuration mode |
| router rip | used to enter router 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 sats for all interfaces configured on the router |
| show startup-config | displays the backup configuration file stored in NVRAM |
| show cdp neighbors | displays information about the networkds directly connected to the router |
| telnet | remotely connect toa router layer 7 |
| ping | tests end to end connection layer 3 |
| trace | provides a look at the paths taken by packets |
| show ip route | dispays the routing tables |
| show startup config | dispays the saved configuration, which is the contents of NVRAM |
| erase startup config | erases the contents of NVRAM |
| setup | build configuration |
| show running config | dispays the current config in RAM |
| reload | reboots the router |
| configure terminal | configures manually from the console terminal |
| copy tftp running config | loads configuration information from a network tftp server into RAM |
| show running config | current configuration file in RAM |
| enable password | restricts access to privileged mode |
| enable secret | controls direct access to the privileged mode and encrypted 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 |
| copy running config tftp | stores the current config from RAM on a network TFTP server (network server) |
| configure memory | loads configuration information from a network |
| copy running config startup config | stores the current config from RAM into NVRAM |
| line console 0 | sets password to get to the console |
| line vty 04 | telnet password |
| writer term | comand used to copy a running configuration into NVRAM with cisco version 10.3 |