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Rename the
router
Setting system clock
Show system time
Setting banner for router
Setting the description for
an interface
Setting line password
Setting privileged access password
To
specify or modify the host name for the router, global configuration
command HOSTNAME is used. Hostname is case sensitive. The host name is
used in prompts and default configuration filenames.
Router(config)# hostname How2Pass
The
factory-assigned default host name is router.
Setting
the System Clock
The
system clock runs from the moment the system starts up and keeps track
of the current date and time based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC),
also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The system clock can be set
from a number of sources, and in turn can be used to distribute the
current time through various mechanisms to other systems. To
manually set the system clock, use one of the formats of the clock set
EXEC command.
clock set hh:mm:ss day month yyyy
clock set hh:mm:ss month day yyyy
In
the following example, the system clock is manually set to 1:32 p.m. on
May 12, 2001:
Router#
clock set 13:32:00 12 May 2001
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Show
System Time
To
display the system clock, use the show clock EXEC command. If
time has not been set by the clock set command then this command will
show the time lapsed since router is up.
Router#
show clock
Setting the Banner
To
specify a message-of-the-day (MOTD) banner, use the banner motd
global configuration command. The no form of this command deletes the
MOTD banner. When someone connects to the router, the MOTD banner
appears before the login prompt.
Router(config)# banner motd #
message #
Here (#) sign is used as delaminating
character. You can use any character.
Setting
the Description for an Interface
To
add a description to an interface configuration, use the description interface
configuration command. Use the no form of this command to remove
the description.
The description command is meant solely as a comment to be put in
the configuration to help you remember what certain interfaces are used
for.
The following example shows how to
add a description for a T1 interface:
Router(config)# interface serial 0
Router(config-if)# description T1 line to How2Pass - 128 Kb/s
The
description "T1 line to How2Pass - 128 Kb/s" appears in the
output of the following EXEC commands: show startup-config, show
interfaces, and show running-config
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Setting
the Line Password
To
specify a password on a line, use the password line configuration
command. Use the no form of this command to remove the password.
The first character cannot be a number. The string can contain any
alphanumeric characters, including spaces, up to 80 characters.
Console
Password
Console
password is needed when logging into router at user EXEC mode from
console.
Router(config)# line console 0
Router(config-line)# password How2pass2004
vty
lines password
Virtual
terminal lines (vty) are used to allow remote access to the router (by
telneting through its interfaces). The router has five virtual terminal
lines by default.
Router(config)# line vty 0 4
Router(config-line)# password How2Pass2004
Setting
Privileged Access Password
To
set a local password to control access to various privilege levels, use
the enable password global configuration command. Use the no form
of this command to remove the password requirement.
An enable password is defined as follows:
- Must contain from 1 to 25 uppercase
and lowercase alphanumeric characters.
- Must not have a number as the first
character.
- Can have leading spaces, but they are
ignored. However, intermediate and trailing spaces are recognized.
Router(config)# enable password How2Pass2004
Setting
Secret (Encrypted) Password
To
set an encrypted local password to control access to various privilege
levels, use the enable secret global configuration command. Use
the no form of this command to remove the password requirement.
Router(config)# enable secret How2pass2004
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