- Direct Access through Console port
- Access through LAN by Telnet
- SSH (source socket shell)application
Step1. Direct access through console port
- After physical connectivity
- Open hyper terminal application as, start—programs—accessories—- communication—-Hyper terminal.
- Give any name to the session
- Select 9600 speed
- Select COM port either COM-I or COM-II (this will open commend line
Host Name Configuration:
- Switch> enable
- Switch# config t
- Switch(config)# hostname inam
- Inam(config)# exit
- Inam#
To Set system Clock, Date and Time on Switch or Router:
- Router>enable
- Router# clock set 08:50:25 2 Dec 2008
How give password to different modes of switch:
- Switch>
- Switch >enable
- Switch#
- Switch #configure terminal
- Switch(configure)# line console 0
- Switch(config-line)#password ccna ConsolePort password
- Switch(config-line)#login
- Switch(config-line)#exit
Switch(configure)#
- Switch(configure)#line vty 0
- Switch(config-line)#password inara Virtual terminal password
- Switch(config-line)#exit
- Switch(configure)#
Switch(configure)#enable password mcse——————Privilege mode password
How to show / view the configuration of switch:
Switch# show running-configure
How to save these configurations:
For saving different commends and configuration is
Switch# Copy running-configure startup-configure OR
Switch# write mem
How to encrypt the password
Switch(configure)# service password-encryption
How to remove the Password:
To remove the console password as
- Switch(configure)#line console 0
- Switch(config-line)#no password
- Switch(config-line)#exit
- Switch(configure)#
Now to remove the privilege mode password
witch(configure)#no enable password
Now to remove the virtual terminal password
- Switch(configure)#line vty 0
- Switch(config-line)#no password
- Switch(config-line)#exit
- Switch(configure)#
And save it
To show these configurations:
Switch# show running-configure
Password recovery:
If we loss the password or other some thing happen then we can recover our password as
- Turn off the switch
- Then Turn on the switch
- Hold/Press the mode button of the switch for a few seconds until it enter in mini IOS as “switch:”
- nitialized the flash memory as
- Switch: flash-init
The password are laying in config directory so delete it as
- Switch: del flash:config.old
- Switch: Y (for confirmation press Y for yes)
- Switch: rename flash:config.text flah:fonfig.old
For checking the directory
- Switch: dir flash:/
And now boot the IOS as
- Switch: boot
And enter to configuration mode and remove the password and save it as
- Switch> enable
- Switch# configure terminal
- Switch(config)# line cons 0
- Switch(config)# no password
- Switch (config)# exit
- Switch #
- Switch # copy running-configure startup-configure or “write mem”