CISCO ROUTER IOS COMMANDS

User EXEC Mode

enable - Enter Privileged EXEC mode

Privileged EXEC Mode

copy running-config startup-config - Copy the active configuration to NVRAM.
copy startup-config running-config - Copy the configuration in NVRAM to RAM.
erase startup-configuration - Erase the configuration located in NVRAM.
ping - Ping to that address.
traceroute ip_address - Trace each hop to that address.
show interfaces - Display statistics for all interfaces on a device.
show clock - Show the time set in the router.
show version - Display currently loaded IOS version, hardware, and device information.
show arp - Display the ARP table of the device.
show startup-config - Display the saved configuration located in NVRAM.
show running-config - Display the contents of the currently running configuration file.
show ip interface - Display IP statistics for interface(s) on a router.
conf t - Enter terminal configuration mode.

Terminal Configuration Mode

hostname - Assign a host name to device.
enable password - Set an unencrypted enable password.
enable secret - Set a strongly encrypted enable password.
service password-encryption - Encrypt display of all passwords except secret.
banner motd - Sets a message-of-the-day banner.
line console 0 - Enter console line configuration mode.
line vty 0 4 - Enter virtual terminal (Telnet) line configuration mode.
interface - Enter interface configuration mode.

Line Configuration Mode

login - Enable password checking at login.
password - Set line password.

Interface Configuration Mode

ip address - Set interface IP address and subnet mask.
description - Set interface description.
clock rate - Set clock rate for DCE device.
no shutdown - Set interface to up.
shutdown - Administratively set interface to down.