| A | B |
| show version | displays the configuration of the system hardware, the name and source of the configuration files and the boot image |
| show version | displays the current IOS software version running on the router |
| show processes | displays information about the active processes |
| show protocols | displays the configured protocols |
| show protocols | displays the status of all configured Layer 3 protocols (IP, IPX, & AppleTalk) |
| show memory | displays the statistics about the router's memory |
| show stacks | monitors the stack use of processes and interrupt routines |
| show stacks | displays the reason for the last system reboot |
| show buffers | provides statistics for the buffer pools on the router |
| show flash | shows information about the Flash memory device |
| show running-config | displays the active configuration file |
| show startup-config | displays the backup configuration file in NVRAM |
| show interfaces | displays statistics for all interfaces (Serial, Ethernet, BRI, etc.) configured on the router |
| show interfaces | serial 0 is up line protocol is down |
| show interfaces | IP address and subnet assigned to an interface |
| show version | displays how long the router has been up and running |
| show version | display how the router was restarted |
| show version | displays the system image file name and from where it was booted |
| show protocol | displays the up and down state of all interfaces on the router |
| show protocol | displays IP and subnet address of all interfaces on the router |
| show ip route | displays routing table entries |
| show sessions | displays current telnet connections |
| show startup-config | displays the amount of NVRAM memory used for the backup configuration files |