The Show Protocols Cisco command

Purpose The Cisco ‘show protocols’ command displays a list of the enabled and disabled protocols for the specified interface. This information includes the protocol state, such as running or idle, as well as the administrative state, such as enabled or disabled. Syntax show protocols [interface-type interface-number] Command Parameters interface-type: Specifies the type of interface. interface-number:…

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The How Ip Route Cisco command

Command Name: how ip route Function: Displays the IP routing table with extra details such as the route source, protocol, and metric. Syntax: how ip route [destination-address/prefix-length] Usage: Thehow ip routecommand is used to display the IP routing table with additional details, such as the route source, protocol, and metric. The command takes an optional argument, which…

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Hurricane Electric IP Transit Review

Hurricane Electric (HE) is an Internet backbone providing a number of services including colocation, IP transit (dedicated Internet access/paid peering) and layer 2 transport (private line). A company I work for has been using Hurricane Electric as one of our upstream Internet Service Providers for a number of years. This is a review of HE’s IP…

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System Administrator Certification for 2016

There are a number of professional IT certifications which will make you stand out from the crowd when applying for system administrator jobs. Along with professional experience a certification is a great way to show your willingness to learn new skills and advance your career. Employers want employees with drive and passion — obtaining industry…

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Connecting Apple Laptop To Cisco Console Port

If you have physical access to a switch or router you can use a console cable to log into that router or switch. Doing so will allow you to make changes to the device’s configuration, such as setting the telnet password. Setting a telnet password will then allow you to log into the switch or…

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IP Transit Over An Exchange Explained

Different computer networks connect to one another to make up the Internet as a whole. These connections often happen in specific physical locations. These locations are usually buildings that have historically been a place where networks could easily connect to multiple other networks. These networks either connect to each other directly or they do so…

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Vim Set Paste

Sometimes you will paste something into your vim session and the indentation gets all messed up. The reason is due to automatic indentation. Normally the auto-indenting that vim does is very useful. Automatically indenting your line saves you the needs to contently tab or space bar to where you want the cursor to be. The…

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