Cisco IOS
Let's start out by discussing some of the base CISCO devices configuration commands: To configure a CISCO device, connect to the CONSOLE port using a ROLLOVER cable. If you're on a Windows system, on PuTTY, select Serial, set baud rate to 9600 from Device manager of the computer, figure out which COM port is connected. You would be presented with a user-mode with a command line display as follows: Switch> The first thing to know is that you can type enter without any text without any consequences on the command line. Second, if you'd like to get a list of commands that you can enter at any screen or if you're unsure of how to proceed further with any command, use the '?' to get a list of successive commands. Command 1 -> Switch> enable The above 'enable' command takes you to the privileged-mode from the user-mode. Command 2 -> Switch# configure terminal You can use tab to complete the command or view a list of commands starting with what you...