Friday, September 9, 2016

How To Implement Password On The Cisco Router

How To Implement Password On The Cisco Router



How To Implement Password On The Cisco Router

Password implementation of the Cisco router-

1) Enable Password-this password is used for restrict a user to access privilege mode of the command prompt.

To enable password
Router(config)#enable password CISCO

To remove password
Router(config)#no enable password

2) Enable secret password-this password is also used for restrict the user to access privilege mode but it stores in the encrypted form.

To enable password
Router(config)#enable secret CISCO
To remove password
Router(config)#no enable secret

3) Console password-console password is used for restrict the physical access or console access of the Cisco router.

To enable password
Router(config)#line console 0
Router(config-line)#password CONSOLE
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#exit
To remove password
Router(config-line)#no password
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#exit

4) VTY password-this is telnet password.

Router(config)#line vty 0 4
Router(config-line)#password VTY
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#exit
To remove password
Router(config-line)#no password
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#exit

5) Auxiliary password-


Router(config)#line aux 0
Router(config-line)#password Aux
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#exit

To remove auxiliary password

Router(config-line)#no password
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#exit

For encrypt all types of password-

To enable password encryption
Router(config)#service password-encryption

To remove password encryption
Router(config)#no service password encryption


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