Learning About Other Devices

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Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

CDP is media and protocol independent, and runs on all Cisco equipment over the Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP).
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Showing CDP Neighbor Entries

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Implementation, Monitoring, and Maintenance of CDP

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The show cdp interface Command

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The show cdp neighbors Command

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Creating a Network Map

The show cdp neighbors [type number] [detail] command can be used to obtain the following:
Device ID Address Port ID Capabilities

Version Platform IP network prefix

VTP management domain name (CDPv2 only) Native VLAN (CDPv2 only)

Full/Half duplex (CDPv2)

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Disabling CDP

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Troubleshooting CDP

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The show cdp traffic Command

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Telnet

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Telnet Operations

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Establishing Telnet Connections

To initiate a Telnet session any of the following alternatives can be used:
Denver>connect paris Denver>paris Denver>131.108.100.152 Denver>telnet paris

A hostname table or access to DNS for Telnet must be present for a name to work. Otherwise, the IP address of the remote router must be entered. Telnet can be used to determine if a remote router can be accessed.
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Telnet Operations

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Advanced Telnet Operation

Multiple Telnet sessions can be used and suspended with the Ctrl+Shift+6 then x sequence.
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Testing with the ping Command

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Testing with the traceroute Command

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