Difference between sho int brif and sho int status

AndreL

saw this http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/22954-sh-interface-vs-sh-ip-interface.html and it helped out but didn't answer my question. on the brief and status. Is it like the differecne betwenn sho ip int and sho int. As in one shows more detail than the other.

Iristheangel

Yep. Quite bit more detail.
Do you have a test lab or GNS3/Packet Tracer installed? You can take a look on there and see the difference

oli356

As Iristheangel said, get your hands on packet tracer or something.
As you can see show ip int brief gives you a quick 'brief' summary of all interfaces, great to see what interfaces you actually have and if they are up or down.

Show ip interface gives you a long reply. Showing each interface and all of the details about it, I rarely ever do this. If anything I will use show ip interface fa 0/0 -- or whatever interface I want. This just gives me the same summary, but for only the interface I specify.

Router#show ip interface brief 
Interface              IP-Address      OK? Method Status                Protocol
 
FastEthernet0/0        192.168.0.1     YES manual up                    up
 
FastEthernet0/1        unassigned      YES unset  up                    down
 
Serial0/0/0            53.62.121.14    YES manual up                    up
 
FastEthernet0/1/0      unassigned      YES unset  up                    down
 
FastEthernet0/1/1      unassigned      YES unset  up                    down
 
FastEthernet0/1/2      unassigned      YES unset  up                    down
 
FastEthernet0/1/3      unassigned      YES unset  up                    down
 
Vlan1                  unassigned      YES unset  administratively down down

Router#show ip interface 
FastEthernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
  Internet address is 192.168.0.1/24
  Broadcast address is 255.255.255.255
  Address determined by setup command
  MTU is 1500
  Helper address is not set
  Directed broadcast forwarding is disabled
  Outgoing access list is not set
  Inbound  access list is not set
  Proxy ARP is enabled
  Security level is default
  Split horizon is enabled
  ICMP redirects are always sent
  ICMP unreachables are always sent
  ICMP mask replies are never sent
  IP fast switching is disabled
  IP fast switching on the same interface is disabled
  IP Flow switching is disabled
  IP Fast switching turbo vector
  IP multicast fast switching is disabled
  IP multicast distributed fast switching is disabled
  Router Discovery is disabled
  IP output packet accounting is disabled
  IP access violation accounting is disabled
  TCP/IP header compression is disabled
  RTP/IP header compression is disabled
  Probe proxy name replies are disabled
  Policy routing is disabled
  Network address translation is disabled
  WCCP Redirect outbound is disabled
  WCCP Redirect exclude is disabled
  BGP Policy Mapping is disabled
FastEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is down (disabled)
  Internet protocol processing disabled
Serial0/0/0 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
  Internet address is 53.62.121.14/24
  Broadcast address is 255.255.255.255
  Address determined by setup command
  MTU is 1500
  Helper address is not set
  Directed broadcast forwarding is disabled
  Outgoing access list is not set
  Inbound  access list is not set
  Proxy ARP is enabled
  Security level is default
  Split horizon is enabled
  ICMP redirects are always sent
  ICMP unreachables are always sent
  ICMP mask replies are never sent
  IP fast switching is disabled
  IP fast switching on the same interface is disabled
  IP Flow switching is disabled
  IP Fast switching turbo vector
  IP multicast fast switching is disabled
  IP multicast distributed fast switching is disabled
  Router Discovery is disabled
  IP output packet accounting is disabled
  IP access violation accounting is disabled
  TCP/IP header compression is disabled
  RTP/IP header compression is disabled
  Probe proxy name replies are disabled
  Policy routing is disabled
  Network address translation is disabled
  WCCP Redirect outbound is disabled
  WCCP Redirect exclude is disabled
  BGP Policy Mapping is disabled
FastEthernet0/1/0 is up, line protocol is down
  Internet protocol processing disabled
FastEthernet0/1/1 is up, line protocol is down
  Internet protocol processing disabled
FastEthernet0/1/2 is up, line protocol is down
  Internet protocol processing disabled
FastEthernet0/1/3 is up, line protocol is down
  Internet protocol processing disabled
Vlan1 is administratively down, line protocol is down
  Internet protocol processing disabled