Installation guide

Software Configuration 5-3

Configuring the Router

You use two commands to do this:

• enable secret password (which is a very secure, encrypted password)

• enable password (which is a less secure, or nonencrypted password)

You must enter an enable secret password to gain access to privileged-level commands.

For maximum security, the passwords should be different. If you enter the same password

for both during the setup script, the system will accept it, but you will receive a warning

message indicating that you should enter a different password.

An enable secret password can contain from 1 to 25 uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric

characters; an enable password can contain any number of uppercase and lowercase

alphanumeric characters. In both cases, a number cannot be the ﬁrst character. Spaces are

also valid password characters; for example, “two words” is a valid password. Leading

spaces are ignored; trailing spaces are recognized.

If you lose or forget your enable password, see the section “Recovering Lost Passwords” in

the chapter “Maintenance.”

Conﬁguring the Router

You can conﬁgure the router following the procedures described in one of the following

sections:

• Conﬁguring the Router Using Conﬁguration Mode

• Conﬁguring the Router Using AutoInstall

• Conﬁguring the Router Manually Using the Setup Facility

Follow the procedure that best ﬁts the needs of your network conﬁguration.

Note You will need to obtain the correct network addresses from your system

administrator or consult your network plan to determine correct addresses before you can

complete the router conﬁguration.