Networking 2
Command-Line Interface (CLI)
Ts a text-based platform that allows users to respond to visual prompts by entering single
commands into the interface and receiving a response in the same manner.
Hostname
This will alter the name of the device that is displayed when you connect to the
router/switch
Hostname [name of the device]
This command is to change the name of the network device
Basic Passwords for Console, Auxiliary, and VTY
This password protection to restrict access to the CLI of your router
This command is use to secure the access to console port to the CLI
Router(config)# line console 0 Router(config-line)# password [password] Router(config-
line)# login Router(config-line)# logging synchronous Router(config-line)# exec-timeout
[min] [sec]
This command is use to secure the access to auxiliary port to the CLI
Router(config)# line aux 0 Router(config-line)# password [password] Router(config-line)#
login Router(config-line)# logging synchronous Router(config-line)# exec-timeout [min]
[sec]
This command is use to secure the access to vty 0 4 port to the CLI
Router(config)# line vty 0 4 Router(config-line)# password [password] Router(config-
line)# login Router(config-line)# logging synchronous Router(config-line)# exec-timeout
[min] [sec]
enable password [password]
This command is use to secure the privileged mode in plain text
enable secret [password]
This command is use to secure the privileged mode but is it is encrypted
service password-encryption
It encrypts all current passwords and also the future plaintext passwords
