ROUTER PASSWORD CONFIGURATION

Types of ROUTER Passwords

1. Privilege password
2. Virtual Terminal password
3. Console password
4. Auxiliary password

Privilege Passwords

• Enable Secret
• Enable password

Enable Password:- It is global command restricts access to the previlege mode, the password is in clear text.

Router(config)#Enable password 123

Enable Secret:-Here the password is in encrypted form.

Router(config)#Enable secret cisco

Virtual Terminal Password

Ø It establishes a login password on incoming Telnet sessions

Router#conf t

Router(config)#Line vty 0 4

Router(config-line)#Login

Router(config-line)#password cisco

Console Password

ØIt establishes a login password on the console terminal.

Router#conf t

Router(config)#Line Console 0

Router(config-line)#Login

Router(config-line)#Password cisco

Router(config-line)#^Z

Auxiliary Password

ØIt establishes a login password to remote administration.

Router#conf t

Router(config)#Line Aux 0

Router(config-line)#Login

Router(config-line)#Password cisco

Router(config-line)#^Z