Cisco Commands

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These are commands for cisco IOS devices (switches, routers, etc)

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List files in current directory

dir

List files in nvram

dir nvram:

Elevate to root user

enable

Enter global configuration mode

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

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Global configuration commands

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Change the machine's hostname (does not require a reboot)

hostname