 | View Full Version : Telnet into a switch Fremont Servers 01-03-2002, 06:04 AM How do you telnet into a switch if it doesn't let you enter the password? When I telnet in ... User Access Verification Password: Password: Password: % Bad passwords AlaskanWolf 01-03-2002, 06:17 AM u likely will have to call your NOC and have them connect a serial port to it and enter that way and have them change the password. Fremont Servers 01-03-2002, 06:21 AM Originally posted by AlaskanWolf u likely will have to call your NOC and have them connect a serial port to it and enter that way and have them change the password. Actually I could go there right now, but I want to make sure if I could get into the switch via console port. RackMy.com 01-03-2002, 07:16 AM Depending on the switch, the console password is usually the same as the telnet one so you may have to reset the whole thing. Fremont Servers 01-03-2002, 07:19 AM Originally posted by RackMy.com Depending on the switch, the console password is usually the same as the telnet one so you may have to reset the whole thing. Reset. How do you reset it? S2 Web Design 01-03-2002, 10:44 AM You should also be able to upload the default configuration file via the serial port without needing a password, which is pretty much what RackMy.com meant by "reset the whole thing", I think. palmtree 01-03-2002, 01:58 PM Someone should know the password for the switch.. if it hasn't been changed then they come with a "default" password.. Look in your manual. laterz, raqworld Planet Z 01-03-2002, 03:18 PM Originally posted by Asia How do you telnet into a switch if it doesn't let you enter the password? When I telnet in ... User Access Verification Password: Password: Password: % Bad passwords It looks like it's letting you enter the password, except the passwords are wrong. A lot of times it won't show any ****'s or anything to replace what you're typing in, just white space. RackMy.com 01-03-2002, 05:32 PM What kind of switch is it? |