Basic Cisco
Commands For
CCNA & CCNP
Krunal Patel
Employee Id:569511
This document includes basic cisco commands required
to be executed on most of cisco routers.
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Tata Consultancy Services
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25/01/2012
Basic Cisco Commands…
Requirement Cisco Commands
Set a console password to cisco Router(config)#line con 0
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#password cisco
Set a telnet password Router(config)#line vty 0 4
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#password cisco
Stop console timing out Router(config)#line con 0
Router(config-line)#exec-timeout 0 0
Set the enable password to cisco Router(config)#enable password cisco
Set the enable secret password to peter. Router(config)#enable secret peter
This password overrides the enable
password and is encypted within the config
file
Enable an interface Router(config-if)#no shutdown
To disable an interface Router(config-if)#shutdown
Set the clock rate for a router with a DCE Router(config-if)clock rate 64000
cable to 64K
Set a logical bandwidth assignment of 64K Router(config-if)bandwidth 64
to the serial interface (Note that the zeroes are not missing)
To add an IP address to a interface Router(config-if)#ip addr 10.1.1.1
255.255.255.0
To enable RIP on all 172.16.x.y interfaces Router(config)#router rip
Router(config-router)#network
172.16.0.0
Disable RIP Router(config)#no router rip
To enable IRGP with a AS of 200, to all Router(config)#router igrp 200
interfaces Router(config-router)#network
172.16.0.0
Disable IGRP Router(config)#no router igrp 200
Static route the remote network is Router(config)#ip route 172.16.1.0
172.16.1.0, with a mask of 255.255.255.0, 255.255.255.0 172.16.2.1 5
the next hop is 172.16.2.1, at a cost of 5
hops
Disable CDP for the whole router Router(config)#no cdp run
Enable CDP for he whole router Router(config)#cdp run
Disable CDP on an interface Router(config-if)#no cdp enable
Cisco Router Show Commands
Requirement Cisco Command
View version information show version
View current configuration (DRAM) show running-config
View startup configuration (NVRAM) show startup-config
Show IOS file and flash space show flash
Shows all logs that the router has in its show log
memory
View the interface status of interface e0 show interface e0
Overview all interfaces on the router show ip interfaces brief
View type of serial cable on s0 show controllers 0 (note the space
between the 's' and the
'0')
Display a summary of connected cdp show cdp neighbor
devices
Display detailed information on all devices show cdp entry *
Display current routing protocols show ip protocols
Display IP routing table show ip route
Check the router can see the ISDN switch show isdn status
Check a Frame Relay PVC connections show frame-relay pvc
show lmi traffic stats show frame-relay lmi
Display the frame inverse ARP table show frame-relay map
Cisco Router Basic Operations
Requirement Cisco Command
Enter privileged mode Enable
Return to user mode from privileged Disable
Exit Router Logout or exit or quit
Recall last command up arrow or <Ctrl-P>
Recall next command down arrow or <Ctrl-N>
Suspend or abort <Shift> and <Ctrl> and 6 then x
Refresh screen output <Ctrl-R>
Complete Command TAB
Cisco Router Copy Commands
Requirement Cisco Command
Save the current configuration from DRAM copy running-config startup-config
to NVRAM
Merge NVRAM configuration to DRAM copy startup-config running-config
Copy DRAM configuration to a TFTP server copy runing-config tftp
Merge TFTP configuration with current copy tftp runing-config
router configuration held in DRAM
Backup the IOS onto a TFTP server copy flash tftp
Upgrade the router IOS from a TFTP server copy tftp flash
Cisco Router Debug Commands
Requirement Cisco Command
Enable debug for RIP debug ip rip
Enable summary IGRP debug information debug ip igrp events
Enable detailed IGRP debug information debug ip igrp transactions
Debug IPX RIP debug ipx routing activity
Debug IPX SAP debug IPX SAP
Enable debug for CHAP or PAP debug ppp authentication
Switch all debugging off no debug all
undebug all
Thank You…
