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What is the difference between user mode and privileged mode on a Cisco router?

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Question added by Giddaluru Satheesh Kumar , Network Engineer , Pegasus International Computer Co.W.L.L
Date Posted: 2016/08/20
Mohamed Sayed Abdel-hady
by Mohamed Sayed Abdel-hady , Senior IT Instructor , TDI

User Mode: for view some of little configuration

Privileged Mode: for allowing administrators to configure cisco device

Prajyot Sonkusale
by Prajyot Sonkusale , Network Engineer , Incom Solutions Technology LLC

Usermode: limited to an array of show commands, basic reachability tests, such as ping and traceroute, as well as other ways of viewing configurations and status info of a Cisco device without the ability to make changes.

Privileged mode:  is for users that have been delegated admin privileges and need to make changes, view more show commands and debugs as well as using the ability to move further down the configuration hierarchy (such as global configuration mode, interface configuration mode, etc)

هاشم المشارقة
by هاشم المشارقة , Key Account Manager , Advanced United Systems Ltd. ( A member of Taj Holding Group)

I think the major difference is that you can ping other devices from privileged mode but you cannot do that from user-mode.

jawad areekkara
by jawad areekkara , Security Analyst , SISA Information Security

User mode is used to just view the configurations of the router and Privileged mode is used to view all configurations on the router and also allow to change some less important configuration.

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