Cisco IOS Configuration Commands

Now that you have seen how to use the standard UNIX tools to configure a simple router, consider configuring a generic Cisco router to perform the same task. Even if you have no interest in using Cisco for this purpose, please read on as you will see a marked similarity between the command sets shown here and the Linux Policy Routing toolset. If you are already familiar with Cisco IOS (Internetwork Operating System) command sets, feel free to skip this section.

This section will assume that no special configuration tasks are needed for the Cisco router. I will only show how to set it up to perform the exact same task and configuration as you have just seen with the Linux router.

The Cisco IOS configuration commands ...

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