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Configuring the Host Name, Password, and Time Stamps

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Configuring the Host Name, Password, and Time Stamps
The first configuration tasks you might want to execute are assign a host name to your Cisco AS5350 or
Cisco AS5400, set an encrypted password, and turn on time stamps because:
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Configure

Command
Step 1
Router> enable
Password: password
Router#
Step 2
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#
Step 3
Router(config)# hostname AS5400
AS5400(config)#
Step 4
AS5400(config)# enable secret guessme
Cisco AS5350 and Cisco AS5400 Universal Gateway Software Configuration Guide
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For further help with AS5350 universal gateway configurations, refer to the Cisco Technical
Marketing Engineering configurations website at
http://dial.cisco.com/products/as5350/as5350-configs/index.html
For advanced configuration topics and procedures, go to Configuring Selected 12.1 Cisco IOS
Software Features, available online at
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_serv/as5400/index.htm
You can also view these publications on the Documentation CD-ROM that arrived with your
gateway.
If you are experienced using the Cisco IOS software, you might find the
on page 3-42 a useful reference for configuration.
Assigning a host name allows you to distinguish between different network devices.
Setting an encrypted password in the configuration file adds greater security on your gateway.
Time stamps help you trace debug output for testing connections. Not knowing exactly when an
event occurs hinders you from examining background processes.
Chapter 3 Basic Configuration Using the Command-Line Interface
Purpose
Enters enable mode (also called privileged EXEC
mode). Enters the password. You are in enable
mode when the prompt changes to
Enters global configuration mode. You are in
global configuration mode when the prompt
changes to
Router(config)#.
Changes the name of the gateway to a meaningful
name. Substitute your host name for
Enters an enable secret password. This password
provides access to privileged EXEC mode. When
you type enable at the EXEC prompt (
), you must enter the enable secret
AS5400>
password to gain access to configuration mode.
Substitute your enable secret for guessme.
"Where to Go Next" section
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Router#
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AS5400
or
AS5350>
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