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Introduction
CDP and Telnet
Enable and disable CDP
Establish a Telnet connection
Verify a Telnet connection
Disconnect from a Telnet session
Suspend a Telnet session
Perform alternative connectivity tests

Ping
Traceroute
Show ip route
Show interface

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Cisco
Discovery
Protocol
Layer 2 protocol that connects network and physical layer to obtain information about

neighboring devices
When a Cisco device boots up, CDP starts up automatically and allows the device to
detect neighboring devices that are also running CDP.
It runs over the data link layer and allows two systems to learn about each other, even
if they are using different network layer protocols.
Each device configured for CDP sends periodic messages, known as advertisements,
to multiple routers.
Each device advertises at least one address at which it can receive Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) messages.
The advertisements also contain time-to-live or holdtime information, indicating the
length of time that receiving devices should hold CDP information before discarding it.
Additionally, each device listens to periodic CDP messages sent by others in order to
learn about neighboring devices.

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CDP
CDP learns:
Type of devices connected
Router interfaces they are
connected to
Model number of the devices
CDP is media and protocol independent
but runs only on Cisco devices
Router(config)#cdp run
enables CDP globally on the
router
Router(config-if)#cdp enable
enables CDP on an specific
interface.
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Implementation, monitoring, and

maintenance of CDP
Router#show cdp
Router#show cdp neighbors

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Telnet
Virtual terminal protocol that can be used to
verify the application layer software between
host and source.
Verify the application-layer software between
source and destination stations.
Most complete test of connectivity.
Router can have up to 5 incoming telnet
sessions ( 0 to 4).
May use command telnet, connect,
hostname(if DNS or host table is available),
or IP address to connect
router>connect paris
router>paris
router>131.108.100.152
router>telnet paris
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Telnet
Suspending a
Telnet session is
Press CtrlShift-6, then
x
Show sessions
displays list
of current
telnet
sessions

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Telnet
Telnet can be used to perform a test to determine whether or not a remote router can be

accessed.
If Telnet is used successfully to connect the York router to the Paris router, then a basic
test of the network connection is successful.
This operation can be performed at either the user or privileged EXEC levels.
If remote access can be obtained through another router, then at least one TCP/IP
application can reach the remote router.
A successful Telnet connection indicates that the upper-layer application functions
properly

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Ping
Ping- uses an Echo protocol to

test connectivity, delay and if

destination is functioning.
The ping user EXEC command
can be used to diagnose basic
network connectivity.
The command ping uses ICMP
ping ip address or hostname

! -means successful
reciept

. means timed out

U destination
unreachable

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Traceroute
The traceroute
command is the ideal
tool for finding where
data is being sent in a
network.

traceroute tests each

step along the way.

This operation can be

performed at either the
user or privileged
EXEC levels.
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PING/TELNET/TRACEROUTE
ping
uses the ICMP protocol to verify the hardware
connection and the IP address of the network layer. This
is a basic testing mechanism.
telnet

verifies the application layer software between source

and destination. This is the most complete test
mechanism available.
traceroute

allows the location of failures in the path from the source

to the destination. Trace uses Time to Live values to
generate messages from each router along the path.
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Show ip route
Show ip route
show the routing table, and how the routes were learned

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Show interfaces
Show interfaces serial
show serial connections status

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