IOS Commands

Router modes:

Modes Description
Router> User mode
Router# Privileged mode
Router(config)# Global configuration mode
Router(config-if)# Interface mode

Basic IOS Commands

Command Description Syntax

Enable Puts you into privileged mode Router>enable
Disable Takes you from privileged mode back to Router>disable
user mode
Config Terminal Puts you in global configuration mode Router#config t
and change the running-config
Hostname Sets the name of a router Router(config)#hostname R1
Banner Creates a banner for users who log into Router(config)#banner motd #
the router
Enable Password Sets the encrypted enable password Router(config)#enable password
Enable Secret Sets the encrypted enable secret. Router(config)#enable secret
Supersedes the enable password if set
Line Aux Puts in the auxiliary interface Router(config)#line aux 0
configuration mode
Router(config-line)#login

Router(config)# password cisco

Line Console 0 Puts you in the console configuration Router(config)#line console 0
mode
Router(config-line)#login

Router(config)# password cisco

Line Vty Puts you in VTY (Telnet) interface Router(config-line)#line vty 0 4
configuration mode
Router(config-line)#login

Router(config)# password cisco

Service Encrypts the user mode and enable Router(config)#service password-
Password- password encryption
encryption
Terminal History Changes your history size from the Router#terminal history size 25
Size default of 10 up to 256
Telnet Tests IP connectivity and configures a Telnet [destination ip]
router
Router#telnet 172.16.10.2
Ping Tests IP connectivity Ping [destination ip]

Router#ping 172.16.10.2
Interface Puts you in interface configuration mode Router(config)#int fa 0/0
Fastethernet 0/0 for a fastethernet port
Interface Serial 1 Puts you in configuration mode for Router(config)#int serial 1
interface serial 1 and can be used for
show commands
Ip Address Sets an IP address on an interface Router(config)#ip address
172.16.10.2 255.255.255.0
Bandwidth Sets the bandwidth on a serial interface Router(config-if)#bandwidth 64
Copy Run Start Short for copy running-config, startup- Router#copy run start
config. Places a configuration into
NVRAM
Erase Startup Deletes the startup-config Router#erase startup-config
Show Controllers Show the DTE or DCE status of an Router#sh controllers s 0
S0 interface
Show History Shows you the last 10 commands entered Router#sh history
by default
Show Interface S Shows the statistics of interface serial 0 Router#sh int s 0
0
Show Run Short for show running-config. Shows the Router#sh run
configuration currently running on the
router
Show Start Short for show startup-config. Shows the Router#sh start
backup configuration stored in NVRAM
Show Terminal Shows you your configured history size Router#sh terminal
Show Version Shows you statistic of the router Router#sh ver
Shutdown Puts an interface in administratively- Router(config-if)#shutdown
down mode
IP Routing Commands

Command Description Syntax

Ip route Creates static and default routes on a Ip route [destination_network] [mask]
router [next_hop_address or exitinterface]
[administrative_distance] [permanent]

Example: Router(config)#ip route

172.16.20.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.10.2
No ip route Removes a static default rout Router(config)#no ip route 172.16.20.0
255.255.255.0 172.16.10.2
Router RIP Turns on ip rip routing on a router Router(config)#router rip
Network Tells the routing protocol what Router(config-if)#network 172.16.20.0
network to advertise
Router igrp Turns on ip igrp routing on a router Router igrp[Autonomous system no.]
AS
Router(config)#router igrp 10
Debug ip rip Sends console messages displaying Router#debug ip rip
information about rip packets being
sent and received on a router
interface
Debug ip igrp Provides a summary of the igrp Router#debug ip igrp events
events routing information running on the
network
Debug ip igrp Shows message requests from Router#debug ip igrp transactions
transactions neighbor routes asking for an update
and the broadcast sent from your
router to that neighbor router
Show ip route Displays the ip routing table Router#sh ip route
Show Shows the routed protocols and Router#sh protocols
protocols network addresses configured on
each interface
Show ip Shows the routing protocols and Router#sh ip protocols
protocols timers associated with each routing
protocol configured on a router

Managing Internetwork

Command Description Syntax

Cdp enable Turns on cdp on an individual interface Router#cdp enable
No cdp enable Turns off cdp on an individual interface Router#no cdp enable
Cdp run Turns on cdp on a router Router#cdp run
No cdp run Turns off cdp completely on router Router#no cdp run
Cdp holdtime Changes the holdtime of cdp packets Router(config)#cdp holdtime
240
Cdp timer Changes the cdp update timer Router(config)#cdp timer 90
Clear line Clears a connection connected via telnet to Router#clear line 2
your router
Config-register Tells the router how to boot and to change the Router(config)#config-register
configuration register setting 0x0101
Copy flash tftp Copies a file from flash memory to a tftp host Router# copy flash tftp
Copy run start Copies the running-config file to the startup- Router#copy run start
config file
Copy run tftp Copies the running-config file to a tftp host Router#copy run tftp
Copy tftp flash Copies a file from a tftp host to flash memory Router#copy tftp flash
Copy tftp run Copies a configuration from a tftp host to the Router#copy tftp run
running-config file
Erase startup- Deletes the contents of NVRAM on a router Router#erase startup-config
config
Ip host Creates a host table on a router Ip host[hostname] [ip address]

Example: Router(config)#ip
host router2 172.16.10.2
No ip host Removes a hostname from a host table Router(config)#no ip host
router2 172.16.10.2
Show cdp Displays the cdp timer and holdtime Router#sh cdp
frequencies
Show cdp entry Same as show cdp neighbor detail, but does Router#sh cdp entry
not work on a 1900 switch
Show cdp Shows the individual interfaces enabled with Router#sh cdp interface
interface cdp
Show cdp Shows the directly connected neighbors and Router#sh cdp nei
neighbor the details about them
Show cdp Shows the ip address and IOS version and Router#sh cdp neighbor detail
neighbor detail type, and includes all of the information from
the show cdp neighbor command
Show cdp Shows the cdp packets sent and received on a Router#sh cdp traffic
traffic device and any errors
Show flash Shows the files in flash memory Router#sh flash
Show hosts Shows the contents of the host table Router#sh hosts
Show sessions Shows your connections via telnet to remote Router#sh sessions
device