Below are articles I have written for INTENSE SCHOOL. Synopsis of the articles can be found below:
1. IOS Speed Tips Part 1
2. IOS Speed Tips Part 2
3. IOS Speed Tips Part 3
4. IOS Speed Tips Part 4
5. IOS Speed Tips Part 5 (in preparation)
6. IP Addressing and Masks: Theory
7. IP Subnetting Practice (Exam Preparation)
1. IOS Speed Tips Part 1
In this article you will find the following tips:
Tip #1:
Increase the size of the command history buffer.
Tip #2:
Use CLI editing features and common shortcuts.
Tip #3:
Use the ‘do’ keyword in any context in combination with the ‘show’ and ‘debug’ commands in any IOS context (‘config’, ‘interface’, ‘router’, etc.).
Tip #4:
Use pipe ‘|’ with available arguments to display and/or redirect only required sections of your configuration and/or ‘show’ command output.
Tip #5:
Use TCL script for ping connectivity test if multiple destination IP addresses are involved.
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2. IOS Speed Tips Part 2
This article features:
Tip #6:
Disabling domain lookup.
Tip #7:
Preventing syslog messages from interrupting your typing.
Tip #8:
Faster way of saving your configuration in NVRAM.
Tip #9:
Creating command aliases.
Tip #10:
Using ‘debugs’ the way experts do.
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3. IOS Speed Tips Part 3
In this article you can learn:
Tip #11:
Copy IOS using TFTP and FTP (recommended) servers.
Tip #12:
Copy configuration using terminal software logging capability.
Tip # 13:
Copy configuration to and from a TFTP/FTP/RCP server.
Tip #14:
Flash memory configuration archive.
Tip #15:
Seamless running-configuration replacement.
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4. IOS Speed Tips Part 4
The article briefly explains the following:
Tip #16:
Cisco Switch Interface “Range” Command.
Tip #17:
User Privilege Levels.
Tip #18:
Switch Macro Command.
Tip #19:
Named ACL.
Tip #20:
‘Reload in’ Command.
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5. IOS Speed Tips Part 5 (in preparation)
6. IP Addressing and Masks: Theory
In this article I am dissecting IP addresses, network masks and subnet theory.
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7. IP Subnetting Practice (Exam Preparation)
In this article you will find different mock exam questions regarding subnetting calculation along with the solutions.
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