| Cisco Systems Inc. is a company which develops | | | | where only certain users with assigned privilege |
| and comes out with various routers and switches | | | | will be able to have the access to it. For example |
| for computer networking. Both hardware and | | | | the command will look like this. |
| software are being developed by this company. | | | | Privileged Modeenable - get to privileged |
| One of the software which is IOS, which stands | | | | modedisable - get to user modeenable password - |
| for Internetwork Operating System, is vastly | | | | sets privileged mode passwordenable secret - |
| used in all of Cisco own routers and network | | | | sets encrypted privileged mode password |
| switches. It is a package of routing, switching and | | | | Other examples of general commands are:reload - |
| networking integrated into an operating system | | | | restarts the routersh clock - shows date and time |
| (OS) that functions in multitasking. Cisco | | | | on routersh history - shows the history of user's |
| commands for this software are running on | | | | commandssh users - shows users connected to |
| command line type of user interface. | | | | the routerclear counters - clear interface |
| There are different modes in this that provides | | | | countersno debug all - turns off all debugging |
| fixed multiple words of Cisco commands in IOS. | | | | Cisco commands are easy to use and understand. |
| One available type is the global configuration | | | | With the help of lists and guides, one will find it a |
| mode. This mode offers commands to change | | | | reliable tool to configure networking hardware. |
| the system's configuration. While in the interface | | | | Since it is used for networking, security is highly |
| configuration mode, it allows user to make some | | | | recommended for implementation. The IOS |
| alterations to a specific interface. Within both | | | | devices are using the security model which stands |
| modes, all commands contains a privilege level | | | | for authentication, authorisation and accounting. |