Cisco CCNA Certification: Five Key Combinations You Should Know
When you start studying for your CCNA and CCNP exams, many books will present you with a huge list of keystroke shortcuts for use on Cisco routers. While the 640-801, 811, and 821 exams may ask you about one or two of these, you really have to get hands-on experience with these commands to master them. Even better, there are some key combinations that Cisco routers mention, but then don’t tell you what they are! Let’s take a look at a few of the more helpful key combinations, and conclude with the “secret” way to stop a ping or traceroute.
The up arrow on your keyboard is great for repeating the last command you typed. Let’s say you mis-enter an access-list. Instead of typing it from the beginning, just hit your up arrow to repeat it, then fix the problem.
CTRL-A takes the cursor to the beginning of a typed line. If you’ve written an extended ACL, you know that can be a very long command, and one you probably don’t want to retype. If you get a carat indicating there is a problem with the line, use your up arrow to repeat the command. If you see...
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