December 2019
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
10h 40m
English
Content preview from Understanding Cisco Networking Technologies, Volume 1
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Chapter 6Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS)
It’s time to introduce you to the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS). The IOS is what runs Cisco routers as well as Cisco’s switches, and it’s also what we use to configure these devices.
So that’s what you’re going to learn about in this chapter. I’m going to show you how to configure a Cisco IOS device using the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI). Once proficient with this interface, you’ll be able to configure hostnames, banners, passwords, and more as well as troubleshoot skillfully using the Cisco IOS.
We’ll also begin the journey to mastering the basics of router and ...