Login overview
This chapter describes the available login methods and introduces the related concepts.
Login methods at a glance
You can access the device through the console port or the Web interface at the first login. After login, you can configure other login methods on the device, such as AUX, Telnet, and SSH.
Table 1 Login methods
Login method | Default setting and configuration requirements | |
Logging in to the CLI: |
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• Logging in through the console | By default, login through the console port is enabled, no username or | |
port for the first time | password is required, and the user privilege level is 3. | |
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| By default, Telnet service is disabled. | |
| To use Telnet service, you only need to enable the Telnet server | |
• Logging in through Telnet | function. After you enable the Telnet server function ,a user can log in | |
| to the device through Telnet with the IP address 192.168.0.1/24 (the | |
| IP address of interface GigabitEthernet 0/0), the username admin, the | |
| password admin, and the user privilege level 3. | |
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| By default, SSH service is disabled. To use SSH service, complete the | |
| following configuration tasks: | |
| • Enable the SSH server function and configure SSH attributes. | |
| • Assign an IP address to an interface of the device and make sure | |
• Logging in through SSH | the interface and the SSH client can reach each other. By default, | |
only interface GigabitEthernet 0/0 is assigned an IP address | ||
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| (192.168.0.1/24). | |
| • Configure scheme authentication for VTY login users (scheme | |
| authentication by default). | |
| • Configure the user privilege level of VTY login users (0 by default). | |
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| By default, login through the AUX port is disabled. To enable AUX | |
| login, log in to the device through the console port, and configure the | |
| password for the default password authentication mode, or change | |
Local login through the AUX port | the authentication mode and configure parameters for the new | |
authentication mode. | ||
| NOTE: | |
| Support for this login method depends on the device model. For more | |
| information, see "Configuring none authentication for AUX login." | |
| By default, you can log in to the Web interface of the device with the | |
Logging in to the Web interface | IP address 192.168.0.1/24 (the IP address of interface | |
| GigabitEthernet 0/0), the username admin, and the password admin. | |
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