CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide - FTP Server

194 Chapter 4 � Configuration and IOS Management Commands
Router(config-line)#exit
Router(config)#line console ?
First Line number
Router(config)#line console 0
Router(config-line)#login
Router(config-line)#password todd1
Since there is only one console port, we can only choose line console 0.
Other Console Port Commands
There are a few other important commands to know for the console port.
The exec-timeout 0 0 command sets the timeout for the console EXEC
session to zero, or to never time out. To have fun with your friends at work,
set it to 0 1, which makes the console time out in 1 second! The way to fix
that is to continually press the down arrow key while changing the timeout
time with your free hand.
Logging synchronous is a nice command, and it should be a default
command, but it is not. What it does is stop console messages from popping
up and disrupting input you are trying to type. This makes reading your
input messages much easier.
Here is an example of how to configure both commands:
Router(config)#line con 0
Router(config-line)#exec-timeout ?
Timeout in minutes
Router(config-line)#exec-timeout 0 ?
Timeout in seconds
Router(config-line)#exec-timeout 0 0
Router(config-line)#logging synchronous
Telnet Password
To set the user-mode password for Telnet access into the router, use the line
vty command. Routers that are not running the Enterprise edition of the
Cisco IOS default to five VTY lines, 0 through 4. However, if you have the
Enterprise edition, you will have significantly more. The router we are using