Everyone knows that constantly entering commands on Cisco routers and switches can become uncomfortably repetitive. To make life somewhat easier, Cisco offers the alias command, which can help dispel part of this repetition. This is a Global Configuration command. To use it, enter the alias command and identify which privilege level you want to specify […]
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A common misunderstanding with configuring Cisco routers is the meaning of the ‘bandwidth’ command. Following a recent discussion we had with a client we thought it appropriate to add some specifics to our Tech Tips area. Let’s say you have a serial interface between two Cisco routers and the interface is up and running with
The netstat (short for network statistics) command is a powerful diagnostic tool used to display various network-related information on a computer. It’s available on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems (though on newer systems it is sometimes replaced or supplemented by ss in Linux or Get-NetTCPConnection in Powershell). netstat helps you: Some useful applications for the
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