The configuration of IP addresses differs in some ways, with switches using a VLAN interface and routers using an IP address configured on each working interface.

switches do not have auxiliary ports.
Layer 2 switches support the show mac address-table command, while Cisco routers do not.
routers support the show ip route command, while Cisco Layer 2 switches do not.
Layer 2 switches use the show interfaces status command to list one line of output per interface (and
routers do not)
show protocols 15 - 6 and the IP address and mask configured on those same interfaces.command. This command confirms the state of each of the three R1 interfaces in Figure

15 Router Operation

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