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Basic Router Configuration

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 Rename the Router 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.

Rue(ofg#hsnm HwPs otrcni) otae o2as 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: Rue#cokst1:20 1 My20 otr lc e 33:0 2 a 01 Top 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. Rue#so cok otr hw lc

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.

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R u e ( o fBasic Routern r m t # m s a e # o t r c n i ) b nConfiguration g# a e od esg 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: Rue(ofg#itraesra 0 otrcni) nefc eil Rue(ofgi) dsrpinT ln t HwPs -18K/ otrcni-f# ecito 1 ie o o2as 2 bs 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 Top 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. Rue(ofg#ln cnoe0 otrcni) ie osl Rue(ofgln) pswr Hwps20 otrcni-ie# asod o2as04 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. Rue(ofg#ln vy04 otrcni) ie t Rue(ofgln) pswr HwPs20 otrcni-ie# asod o2as04 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. Rue(ofg#eal pswr HwPs20 otrcni) nbe asod o2as04 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. Rue(ofg#eal sce Hwps20 otrcni) nbe ert o2as04

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