When you're looking at a Cisco router configuration, figuring out what the different passwords do can be a little confusing at first. But as I tell all my students, the key to understanding something that looks complex is to break it down to smaller parts.
Laptop Battery Having said that, let's take a look at a typical running configuration and then break it down line by line to make sure you understand what each password is doing. This is a must for success on exam day and on the job!
Here' Enter Server Connection Information You have to enter the ftp address, port, user ID, and password of the site. You can also choose to enter the login and password later. You can browse and choose the drive and directory from your computer. Enter Accessible Path for Server Here, you have to enter the URL of the server, how your files can be accessed publicly. Also on the bottom, you can enter the name of your presentation's home page.
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Repair The username / password combination creates a local database that the router will use to authentication users connecting on your BRI lines, and it's also used to authenticate users connecting via telnet!
Data Recovery To use the local database instead of a common VTY password:
Wipro The enable password and enable secret commands are used to do the same thing - protect privileged exec mode, more commonly referred to as enable mode.
Lap Top Why use both? The enable password is still in use for backwards compatibility. Most routers are configured with both, and they'll probably be different. (This is because the router's going to prompt you for a different password for one if you try to set them both to the same word.)
Refurbished If we only have one enable mode to protect, but two different passwords, which one should a user enter? The enable secret - because the enable secret always has precedence over the enable password. No exceptions. (We don't get to say that very often in Ciscoland, do we? J )
Memory There's one other major difference. The enable secret is encrypted by default the enable password is displayed in clear text. Actually, all the other passwords you see above will be displayed in clear text by default.
As400 This default can be changed by activating a Cisco router service that's off by default. Run the service password-encryption command to encrypt all passwords in your configuration.
Averatec Before a user gets to enable mode, though, there may be a password to start working at the console to begin with. This password has to be entered just to get to user exec (assuming the previous user logged out fully and correctly!).
Seagate Note that there are two commands. You need to enable the password function with the "login" command, and then set a password. The order in which you enter these two commands does not matter - just make sure you enter them both!
Mainframe Of course, the VTY lines are used to enable Telnet connectivity and to set a password. Cisco requires a password be set for Telnet access, and this basic configuration will prompt any user for the one single password. This password would apply to all five simultaneous Telnet connections if more than one user were telnetting in at once.
Computer Repair To get your CCNA, you've got to be more than ready for password questions. Whether you're asked to set one or troubleshoot an existing configuration on an exam or on the job, these should be second nature to you. And they will be, once you break a configuration like this into smaller parts.
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