Enable and password protect telnet logins to Cisco routers
Posted by Quinn McHenry in 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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October 03, 2008 at 8:30 pm, joeblow said:
Don’t forget these passwords are sent in clear text when using telnet.
October 03, 2008 at 8:31 pm, joeblow said:
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.
November 07, 2008 at 12:40 pm, Allen said:
follow your procedure, but i didn’t get the password prompt when i login again throught the telnet command. what’s the problem?
September 09, 2012 at 5:45 pm, Naveen said:
++ Add one more commend if it not work
conf t line vty 0 4
login
password PaSsWoRd
privilege level 15
December 10, 2012 at 9:14 am, andrew said:
what if you begin with password class and end with login