"The Workplace Survival Guide"
- Find useful documents on the cisco router and switch configuration commands.
- Find examples of how to do the most common cisco router and switch configuration changes.
- Learn which sets of cisco router and switch configuration commands you use to perform a common networking task.
- Recognize the useful bits of information in the router and switch command line output that indicate what to look at next.
Popup blockers and cookies
If a popup window did not open when you come to this page or any other page in the cisco networking section, you may be using a popup blocker that prevented it from opening. In order to keep the popup process from getting annoying, I have used cookies with a one day expiration so that the popup will only auto launch on the first page visit every 24 hours. If you come back to the same page within 24 hours you will need to launch the CLI manually. You can click on the "CLI" icon to open it. We will refer to this window as the CLI (Command Line Interface) from now on.
Introduction
 I will try to follow certain conventions throughout the documents so that the study experience is both intuitive and makes for an easy to follow reference. Each topic is made up of at least 2 pages, one is the reference material or written explanation and the other is a small window that looks like the actual command line on the Cisco router or switch, containing the commands used, and the command output. The CLI window will have highlighted router and switch commands, as well as the relevant bits of command output for the task being performed, so that what we are looking for in the router and switch command output is obvious. The router and switch commands will appear in the CLI in the order they are discussed on the topic page. Where different switch types may be used in the examples, Native IOS or set based CAT OS switches, the commands will follow each other on the CLI for that portion of the topic rather than create 2 branches of router and switch configuration commands for the same task.
This area (and others) of my website is perpetually under construction and renovation. If you don't find what you are looking for, I may be working on it or planning it, so come back again.
Common router and switch configuration task documents
LAN Management
- how to find a device's switchport
- how to change the VLAN on a switchport
Equipment installation
Initial router configuration documents
initial switch configuration documents
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