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Fig 1-7 Run telnet client program included in Windows
Step 3: Login to the switch
Login to the Telnet configuration interface. Valid login name and password are
required, otherwise the switch will reject Telnet access. This is a method to protect the
switch from unauthorized access. As a result, when Telnet is enabled for configuring and
managing the switch, username and password for authorized Telnet users must be
configured with the following command:
username <user> password {0|7} <password>.
Assume an authorized user in the switch has a username of “test”, and password of
“test”, the configuration procedure should like the following:
Switch
>en
Switch#config
Switch(Config)#username test password 0 test
Enter valid login name and password in the Telnet configuration interface, Telnet
user will be able to enter the switch’s CLI configuration interface. The commands used in
the Telnet CLI interface after login is the same as in that in the Console interface.
