Cisco 2620 User Manual

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Software Configuration Guide for Cisco 2600 Series, Cisco 3600 Series, and Cisco 3700 Series Routers
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Chapter3 Configuring with the Command-Line Interface
Configuring the Host Name and Password
Note If you skipped the previous chapter, Chapter2, “Using the Setup Command Facility,” and you have
never configured a Cisco router, go back to that chapter and read it now. The chapter contains important
information you need to successfully configure your router.
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 routers from each other.
Setting an encrypted password allows you to prevent unauthorized configuration changes.
Verifying the Host Name and Password
To verify that you configured the correct host name and password:
Step1 Enter the show config command:
Router(config)# show config
Command Purpose
Step1
Router> enable
Password: password
Router#
Enter enable mode. Enter the password.
You have entered enable mode when the prompt
changes to Router#.
Step2
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)#
Enter global configuration mode. You have
entered global configuration mode when the
prompt changes to Router(config)#.
Step3
Router(config)# hostname Router
Router(config)#
Change the name of the router to a meaningful
name. Substitute your host name for Router.
Step4
Router(config)# enable secret guessme
Enter an enable secret password. This password
provides access to privileged EXEC mode. When
a user types enable at the EXEC prompt
(Router> ), they must enter the enable secret
password to gain access to configuration mode.
Substitute your enable secret for guessme.
Step5
Router(config)# line con 0
Router(config-line)# exec-timeout 0 0
Router(config-line)# exit
Router(config)#
Enter line configuration mode to configure the
console port. When you enter line configuration
mode, the prompt changes to
Router(config-line)#.
Prevent the router’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.

Cisco 2620 Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	2620
Category	Network Router
Language	English