Setting Basic and Enable Password Parameters

This topic shows how to set up basic passwords and secrets on your router. You cannot create your own encrypted passwords and secrets. You must use encrypted passwords and secrets that the router generates.

Note: To set up enable passwords, use the commands described in this section. Also, see Setting and Erasing Passwords for additional commands for erasing and monitoring passwords.

The following topics show how to set up basic passwords and secrets on your router:

• Creating Encrypted Passwords
• Creating Secrets
• Encrypting Passwords in the Configuration File