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How to properly secure your Cisco router with passwords

Just published, my most recent article covers, step by step, how to secure your Cisco router using passwords. I start off with the different levels of the Cisco IOS and the different passwords that are available. Then, I move on to show you exactly how to configure passwords in the Cisco IOS to secure your router. This is already a very popular article and it has only been released in the last few days.

To read the full article, please visit:  How to properly secure your Cisco router with passwords

How to configure a Cisco IOS Router to use Windows AD Authentication

Why have a separate username/password database on all your routers? What a pain to have to keep seperate accounts to login to all the routers and switches? And what if you want to change the “root” password? Do you have to go to EVERY router and switch to make the change?

Not anymore… Why not use Windows Active Directory (AD) as the username/password database for all your routers & switches? This is very easy to configure. In fact, in my article How to configure the Cisco IOS to use Windows AD Authentication, you will find out how to do it, step by step. Check it out!

How do you reset your lost Router or Switch password?

Just as with the Windows OS, one of the most frequent questions from new Cisco router or switch users is “how do I reset my lost IOS password”? Perhaps you inherited an old router from another network admin. Perhaps you bought your router on ebay. Or perhaps you just plain forgot what the password was for the router.

Now, you cannot get into the IOS. What do you do?

This involves changing the configuration register to 0×2142, rebooting, recovering or changing the password, and changing the configuration register back to 0×2102.

Instead of telling you HOW to do it, better yet, I would like to SHOW you how to do it.

I created a 10 minute video on my website where I SHOW you how to reset your lost router or switch password. I have gotten a ton of positive reviews on this video with many people saying it “saved their day”. I hope it helps you out too!

-David
Personal Website: HappyRouter.com - home of Cisco how-to articles & videos
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