Cisco Commands
These are commands for cisco IOS devices (switches, routers, etc)
List files in current directory
dir
List files in nvram
dir nvram:
Copy command destinatons (we use running-config as an example source file)
copy running-config cisco copy destinations
Elevate to root user
enable
Enter global configuration mode (You can use the do prefix to run regular commands from the config mode if you don't feel like running exit first)
configure terminal
Show startup config (the one stored in nvram for next boot)
show startup-config
Show running config (the one stored in ram and is currently in use)
show running-config
Copy the in-use config to the startup config so that it will be used on the next boot
copy running-config startup-config
Apply weak encryption to all unencrypted passwords. This only changes what is displayed in the config file, any password typed through a network cable is still transmitted in plain text.
service password-encryption
Show IP Address assigned to each interface
show ip interface brief
Global configuration commands
Change the machine's hostname (does not require a reboot)
hostname
Configure the console port (0)
line con 0
Configure the interface "vlan 1"
interface vlan 1
Console port configuration commands
Add a password to console port access
password itsasecret
Force users to enter the password to login
login
Interface configuration commands
ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0
Change interface state to "up"
no shutdown
