Enable and password protect telnet logins to Cisco routers

Contributor Icon Contributed by qmchenry Date Icon September 18, 2003  
Tag Icon Tagged: Cisco router

The ability to telnet to a Cisco router makes administration easier. This simple configuration enables telnet logins to the router and protects them with a password.


To enable telnet logins with the password PaSsWoRd:

conf t
line vty 0 4
login
password PaSsWoRd

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  • joeblow
    Don't forget these passwords are sent in clear text when using telnet.
  • joeblow
    Also, if you are already on a cisco router and you want to connect and administrate another cisco router through telnet, you need to have made it available through line aux 0 instead of vty 0 4.
  • Allen
    follow your procedure, but i didn't get the password prompt when i login again throught the telnet command. what's the problem?
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