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secret password

Asked by: paintco

I have two kind of switches 3500 series and 2950 series. both of them have enable or secret password I don't know the password and I'm using the console line how can I access the configuration mode?

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Asked On
2008-02-26 at 04:13:17ID23193218
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Cisco

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3500, 2950

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enable password

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Network Switches & Hubs

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