Go to your system and telnet to the router/switch PC>telnet 10.0.0.1 If you haven’t configured VLAN just enter 1, as for the IP address it should be in the same subnet as the Telnet client and the IP address should be unique i.e., it should NOT be assigned to any other host on the network. When you configure the VLAN interface enter the VLAN number in which the TELNET CLIENT (this is the system FROM which you will execute the telnet command) is located.
CONFIGURE TELNET CISCO 2950 SWITCH PASSWORD
Replace the word password in the “enable secret” command to your preferred privilege mode password, also replace telnetpw with your telnet password. Switch(config)#service password-encryption Switches being Layer 2 devices do not have any IP addresses assigned by default, so we’ll assign an IP address to a VLAN interface which I’ll show you how. Telnet is a protocol by which you can remotely login into remote devices to make changes in the configuration of that device. To Configure Switches for telnet access we use the same commands as seen above with one addition. Configuring Cisco Switches for Telnet access
The “service password-encryption” stores the telnet password in encrypted format. Similarly after the “line vty” command replace telnetpw with your telnet password. Replace the word password with your strong password. Configure the password for privileged mode access as 'cisco'. Configure the message of the day as 'Unauthorized access is forbidden'. Configure Switch hostname as LOCAL-SWITCH. If you already have a privilege mode password set ignore the command. Use the local laptop connect to the switch console and configure the laptop with the right parameters for console access to the Cisco 2960 Catalyst switch. The command enable secret sets a privilege mode password and stores it in an encrypted format so that it isn’t visible when viewing the running configuration. Router(config)#service password-encryption Configuring Cisco Routers for Telnet accessĪssuming you’ve configured the interface IP address settings properly just entering the following commands will configure your cisco router for telnet access. Take note that Telnet sends commands as plaintext over the network so don’t use telnet this unless you’re on a testing environment or 101% sure your network is safe from intruders. Lets start with some info about the Telnet protocol – Telnet uses port 23, this protocol is used for remote administration of devices through commands.
CONFIGURE TELNET CISCO 2950 SWITCH HOW TO
A Tutorial on How to Configure Cisco Routers and Switches for Telnet Access. I wanted to start from the basics as this is the first article under the category Networking.
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