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APPENDIXA
Cisco IOS Software Basic Skills
Understanding how to use Cisco IOS software can save you time when you are configuring your router. 
If you need a refresher, take a few minutes to read this appendix.
This appendix contains the following sections:
 Configuring the Router from a PC
 Understanding Command Modes
 Getting Help
 Enable Secret Passwords and Enable Passwords
 Entering Global...

Ta b l e A-1 Terminal Emulation Software
PC Operating SystemSoftware
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, 
Windows
 NT, Windows XP
HyperTerm (included with Windows software), 
ProComm Plus
Windows 3.1 Terminal (included with Windows software) 
Macintosh ProComm, VersaTerm (supplied separately) 
 
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  Understanding Command Modes
You can use the terminal...

 
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  Understanding Command Modes
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ModeAccess MethodPromptExit and Entrance MethodAbout This Mode
User EXECBegin a session with 
your router.Router>To exit a router session, enter 
the logout command. Use this mode for these tasks:
 Change terminal settings.
 Perform basic tests.
 Display system information.
Privileged...

 
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  Getting Help
Getting Help
You can use the question mark (?) and arrow keys to help you enter commands.
For a list of available commands at that command mode, enter a question mark:
Router> ?
access-enable Create a temporary access-list entry
access-profile Apply user-profile to interfaceclear Reset functions
...
To complete a command, enter a few known...

 
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  Enable Secret Passwords and Enable Passwords
Enable Secret Passwords and Enable Passwords
By default, the router ships without password protection. Because many privileged EXEC commands are 
used to set operating parameters, you should password-protect these commands to prevent unauthorized 
use. 
You can use two commands to do this:
 enable secret...

 
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  Using Commands
Using Commands
This section provides some tips about entering  Cisco IOS commands at the command-line interface 
(CLI).
Abbreviating Commands
You only have to enter enough ch aracters for the router to recognize the command as unique. This 
example shows how to enter the  show version command:
Router # sh v 
Undoing Commands
If you want to...

 
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  Saving Configuration Changes
Saving Configuration Changes
You need to enter the copy running-config startup-config command to save your configuration changes 
to nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) so that they are not lost if there is a system reload or power outage. This 
example shows how to use this command to save your changes:
Router# copy running-config...

 
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  Where to Go Next 

 
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APPENDIXB
Concepts
This appendix contains conceptual information that may be useful to Internet service providers or 
network administrators when they configure Cisco routers. To review some typical network scenarios, 
see 
Chapter 2, “Sample Network Deployments.” For information on additional details or configuration 
topics, see Chapter 11, “Additional Configuration Options.”
The following topics are...

 
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Appendix B      Concepts
  SHDSL
SHDSL
SHDSL is a technology based on the G.SHDSL (G.991.2) standard that allows both data and voice to be 
transmitted over the same line. SHDSL is a packet-based network technology that allows high-speed 
transmission over twisted-pair copper wire between a network service provider (NSP) central office and 
a customer site, or on local loops created within either a...