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I see this should do it <br />
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<a href="http://www.tech-recipes.com/cisco_router_tips81.html" rel="ugc">http://www.tech-recipes.com/cisco_router_tips81.html</a><br />
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Description<br />
The ability to telnet to a Cisco router makes administration easier. This simple configuration enables telnet logins to the router and protects them with a password.<br />
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Directions<br />
To enable telnet logins with the password PaSsWoRd: <br />
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conf t <br />
line vty 0 4 <br />
login <br />
password PaSsWoRd <br />
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I see this should do it

http://www.tech-recipes.com/cisco_router_tips81.html [http://www.tech-recipes.com/cisco_router_tips81.html]

Description
The ability to telnet to a Cisco router makes administration easier. This simple configuration enables telnet logins to the router and protects them with a password.
 
Directions
To enable telnet logins with the password PaSsWoRd:

conf t
line vty 0 4
login
password PaSsWoRd
 


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The router has a password assigned already, does that change any of the command line items ??
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The router has a password assigned already, does that change any of the command line items ??

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there are 2 passwords one is the telnet password to enter and the enable password to have access to command line and for changing configurations. if you are changing telnet password then that would affect the password that you first use to telnet into the router .
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there are 2 passwords one is the telnet password to enter and the enable password to have access to command line and for changing configurations. if you are changing telnet password then that would affect the password that you first use to telnet into the router .

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So just login to the router via telnet and enter the command line items above ?? I tried that and get the following &nbsp;&quot;invalid input detected. &quot;
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So just login to the router via telnet and enter the command line items above ?? I tried that and get the following  "invalid input detected. "

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thanks a bunch, worked great
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Glad you got it working.. <br />
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I am new to Cisco and need to change my telnet password on our Cisco 2600 router. &nbsp;I looked through other postings and found some info but could not get it to work. <br />
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thanks
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I am new to Cisco and need to change my telnet password on our Cisco 2600 router.  I looked through other postings and found some info but could not get it to work. 

thanks

Cisco 2600 change telnet password

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.