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Configuring the Host Name and Password
Configuring the Host Name and Password
One of the first configuration tasks you might want to do is configure the host name and set an
encrypted password. Configuring a host name allows you to distinguish multiple Cisco access
servers from each other. Setting an encrypted password allows you to prevent unauthorized
configuration changes.
Configure
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Step
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2
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Verify
To verify that you configured the right host name and passwords:
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Cisco AS5300 Universal Access Server Software Configuration Guide
Configuring the Host Name and Passwords
Command
Router> enable
Password: <password>
Router#
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#
Router(config)# hostname 5300
5300(config)#
5300(config)# enable secret guessme
5300(config)# line con 0
5300(config-line)# exec-timeout 0 0
5300(config-line)# exit
5300(config)#
Enter the show config command:
5300(config)# show config
Using 1888 out of 126968 bytes
Purpose
Enter enable mode (also called
privileged EXEC mode).
Enter the password.
You have entered enable mode when the
prompt changes to
.
5300#
Enter global configuration mode. You
have entered global configuration mode
when the prompt changes to
Router(config)#.
Change the name of the access server to
a meaningful name. Substitute your host
name for
.
5300
Enter an enable secret password. This
password provides access to privileged
EXEC mode. When a user types enable
at the EXEC prompt (
5300>
enter the enable secret password to gain
access to configuration mode. Substitute
your enable secret for guessme.
Enter line configuration mode to
configure the console port. When you
enter line configuration mode, the
prompt changes to
.
5300(config-line)#
Prevent the access server's EXEC
facility from timing out if you do not
type any information on the console
screen for an extended period.
Exit back to global configuration mode.
), they must
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