Router Modes
        
                        
                                                                                                        
                            Router>: User mode = Limited to basic monitoring commands  | 
                                                     
                                                                    
                            Router#: Privileged mode (exec-level mode) = Provides access to all other router commands  | 
                                                     
                                                                    
                            Router(config)#: global configuration mode = Commands that affect the entire system  | 
                                                     
                                                                    
                            Router(config-subif)#: subinterface mode = Commands that affect subinterfaces  | 
                                                     
                                                                    
                            Router(config-line)#: line mode = Commands that affect in lines modes (console, vty, aux…)  | 
                                                     
                                                                    
                            Router(config-router)#: router configuration mode  | 
                                                     
                                                 
                             
    
    
            Changing switch hostname
        
                        
                                    
                        Switch(config)# hostname SW1  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Configuring passwords
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1(config)# enable secret nutty !MD5 hash 
SW1(config)# enable password 1234  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Encrypting passwords
        
                        
                                                                                    
                                                                                            SW1(config)# service password-encryption  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                         
                             
    
    
            Working environment
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1(config)# no ip domain-lookup 
SW1(config)# line vty 0 4 
SW1(config-line)# history size 15 
SW1(config-line)# exec-timeout 10 30 
SW1(config-line)# logging synchronous  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Saving configuration
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1# copy running-config nutty 
! Destination filename [nutty] 
SW1# wr  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Description, speed and duplex
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1(config)# interface fastEthernet 0/1 
SW1(config-if)# description LINK TO INTERNET ROUTER 
SW1(config-if)# speed 100    ! Options: 10, 100, auto 
! The range keyword used to set a group of interfaces at once. 
SW1(config)# interface range fastEthernet 0/5 – 10 
SW1(config-if-range)# duplex full (options: half, full, auto)  | 
                     
                             
                             
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            Setting the default gateway
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1(config)# ip default-gateway 172.16.1.1  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Securing console port
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1(config)# line con 0 
SW1(config-line)# password cisco 
SW1(config-line)# login  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Aliases
        
                        
                                                                                    
                                                                                            ! Used to create shortcuts for long commands.  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                                            
                                                                                            SW1(config)# alias exec c configure terminal  | 
                                                                                 
                                                                         
                             
    
    
            Securing terminal lines
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1(config)# line vty 0 4 
SW1(config-line)# password cisco 
SW1(config-line)# login  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Configuring banners
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1(config)# banner motd $  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Giving the switch an IP address
        
                        
                                    
                        SW1(config)# interface vlan 1 
SW1(config-if)# ip address 172.16.1.11 255.255.255.0    ! or DHCP 
SW1(config-if)# no shutdown  | 
                     
                             
                             
    
    
            Configuring switch to use SSH
        
                        
                                    
                        Configure DNS domain name : 
SW1(config)# ip domain-name example.com 
 
Configure a username and password : 
SW1(config)# username admin password cisco 
 
Generate encryption keys : 
! The size of the key modulus in the range of 360 to 2048 
SW1(config)# crypto key generate rsa 
How many bits in the modulus [512]: 1024 
 
Define SSH version to use : 
SW1(config)# ip ssh version 2 
 
Enable vty lines to use SSH : 
SW1(config)# line vty 0 4 
SW1(config-line)# login local 
! You can set vty lines to use only telnet or only ssh or both as in the example. 
SW1(config-line)# transport input telnet ssh  | 
                     
                             
                             
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            Verify Basic Configuration
        
                        
                                    
                        Shows information about the switch and its interfaces, RAM, NVRAM, flash, IOS, etc 
SW1# show version 
 
Shows the current configuration file stored in DRAM. 
SW1# show running-config 
 
Shows the configuration file stored in NVRAM which is used at first boot process. 
SW1# show startup-config 
 
Lists the commands currently held in the history buffer. 
SW1# show history 
 
Shows an overview of all interfaces, their physical status, protocol status and ip address if assigned. 
SW1# show ip interface brief 
 
Shows detailed information about the specified interface, its status, protocol, duplex, speed, encapsulation, last 5 min traffic. 
SW1# show interface vlan 1 
 
Shows the description of all interfaces 
SW1# show interfaces description 
 
Shows the status of all interfaces like connected or not, speed, duplex, trunk or access vlan. 
SW1# show interfaces status 
 
Shows the public encryption key used for SSH. 
SW1# show crypto key mypubkey rsa 
 
Shows information about the leased IP address (when an interface is configured to get IP address via a dhcp server) 
SW1# show dhcp lease  | 
                     
                             
                             
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