anyway to put notes next to commands

[caswcu]

when I add say

static (inside,outside) xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

I want to put a note beside it like * to access web server *

is this possible?

 

[AndyPeck]

Try

! Access to web server

 

[ChrisAC]

Try

! Access to web server

That will not show up in the config. Anything starting with '!' is ignored.

This is often used in configs when they are printed or saved in a text file for reference and can aid someone reading through a config when trying to figure out what bit does what but on the router itself these lines will not show.

Chris.


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Chris A.C, CCNA, CCSA
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[lgarner]

The PDM can put notes in, but they get switched around as you insert and move ACL entries, so I haven't found them to be useful. I think they use a "remark" keyword or something like that, not the "!".

In your particular case, I'd use hostnames so you can say "static (inside,outside)

http://WWW_PUBLIC

http://WWW_PRIVATE",

and "access-list inbound permit tcp any host

http://WWW_PUBLIC

eq 80".

 

[AndyPeck]

Maybe I miss understood the question, But I thought the request was how to an a reference/note above a config line to make reading the config easier

! Static translate for webserver01
static (inside,outside) xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

 

[ChrisAC]

No, you understood it just fine. Like I said, you can put that line in on a text file but it won't show in the config on the router/switch/firewall.

Chris.


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Chris A.C, CCNA, CCSA
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[Antelope]

For ACL's you can use the remark command:

access-list test permit ip any any
access-list test remark allow everything into my network

 

[GeneralDzur]

Hey that's a pretty good ACL. I'm going to apply it to our gateway router.

;-)

- stephan