Enable and password protect telnet logins to Cisco routers

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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

 

3 Comments -


  1. joeblow said on October 3, 2008

    Don’t forget these passwords are sent in clear text when using telnet.

  2. joeblow said on October 3, 2008

    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.

  3. Allen said on November 7, 2008

    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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