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Cisco routers- Notes/comments

cdad2000cdad2000 Member Posts: 323
Hello,

I was just thinking is there someway to place notes or comments in the config. Something like an FYI, like in scripting were you add the "#" for comments.

>>>>thanks people.

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    ziggi138ziggi138 Member Posts: 94 ■■□□□□□□□□
    depends on where you want them. I know you can put descriptions on interfaces and stuff.
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    networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    You can add remarks to ACLs and such, but I don't think there is a way to just stick commented out line in the config at a random spot, though it would be nice.
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    As others have mentioned, you can put in a description for an interface or a remark for an ACL. You can't insert inline comments however.

    If you keep the configuration saved somewhere else then you can put ! comments in but they won't appear in the actual configuration on the router. IOS ignores them totally.
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    The reason why it doesn't do inline comments the way you want is a side effect of how IOS stores its configuration.
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    CucumberCucumber Member Posts: 192
    cdad2000 wrote: »
    Hello,

    I was just thinking is there someway to place notes or comments in the config. Something like an FYI, like in scripting were you add the "#" for comments.

    >>>>thanks people.

    Edit the config on your computer, use ! as trailing characters wherever you wan to add comments, install a t.f.t.p. server on your computer then do a copy t.f.t.p.://blablablbla running-config . I read it somewhere that is a way, have not done it myself.

    Hmm Thats weird, I cant type t.f.t.p. in a post, ha!
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    jjbrogjjbrog Member Posts: 149
    You could just make a loopback interface, and give it a ip address you'd never use in your life. (just don't make it the highest ip, ospf will use it to name the router)Then write it in the description what you want.
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    cdad2000cdad2000 Member Posts: 323
    no big deal. I was just wondering if there was such a feature. Thanks Everybody.
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    Cucumber wrote: »
    Edit the config on your computer, use ! as trailing characters wherever you wan to add comments, install a t.f.t.p. server on your computer then do a copy t.f.t.p.://blablablbla running-config . I read it somewhere that is a way, have not done it myself.
    Those comments don't get copied into the config.
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