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Chapter 4      Configuring Interfaces
Understanding Interfaces
Enter the show controller command to display information about the Fast Ethernet controller chip.
The following output from the show controller command shows statistics, including information about 
initialization block information, transmit ring, receive ring, and errors:
Router#show controller fastEthernet 0
IF Name: FastEthernet0    
Port Status DOWN
Send Flow Control    : Disabled 
Receive Flow Control : Enabled
MAC registers
CMCR : 0x0000042D (Tx Enabled, Rx Disabled)
CMPR : 0x150B0A80 (Long Frame Disabled)
FCR  : 0x0000A00B (Rx Pause detection Enabled)
MII registers:
Control Register              (0x0): 0x4000 (Auto negotiation disabled)
Status Register               (0x1): 0x7809 (Link status Down)
PHY Identification Register 1 (0x2): 0x40  
PHY Identification Register 2 (0x3): 0x61D4
Auto Neg. Advertisement Reg   (0x4): 0x1E1  (Speed 100, Duplex Full)
Auto Neg. Partner Ability Reg (0x5): 0x0    (Speed 10, Duplex Half)
Auto Neg. Expansion Register  (0x6): 0x4   
100Base-X Aux Control Reg    (0x10): 0x2000
100Base-X Aux Status Register(0x11): 0x0   
100Base-X Rcv Error Counter  (0x12): 0x0   
100Base-X False Carr. Counter(0x13): 0x0 
Enter the show run interfaces fastEthernet 0 command to display information about the configuration 
of the Fast Ethernet interface. The command is useful when there are multiple interfaces and you want 
to look at the configuration of a specific interface. 
The following output from the show controller command includes the IP or lack of IP address and the 
state of the interface:
daytona#show run interface fastEthernet 0
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 56 bytes
!
interface FastEthernet0
no ip address
shutdown
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