
You can use the exit command to terminate the SSH connection. Use the show line command to display the current session. You can see SSH sessions again when you use the show ssh command.
#CONFIGURE SSH ON CISCO SWITCH PASSWORD#
To connect from Router to Router, execute the ssh -l cisco 192.168.8.1 command, and then type your password and press Enter.

#CONFIGURE SSH ON CISCO SWITCH PC#
You can use at the command prompt to initiate an SSH session on a PC or other router on the network. You can check that the SSH version is 2.0 in the show command output. To check the SSH version, execute the show ssh command in privileged configuration mode. You can check the Telnet or SSH connections from the image below. To view SSH sessions on the router, type the show line command in Privileged Mode and press Enter. Once connected to the Router with SSH, you can now easily manage your device over LAN or WAN. Type the username you created in Login as and press Enter.Įnter the user password (cisco123) you created in the Password section and press Enter. The SSH connection to the Router will be successfully established as in the following image. In the Putty security alert window, click Yes. Open the Putty program on your virtual computer and enter the IP address of the Router’s FastEthernet0/0 interface in the IP address section, and enter 22 in the Port number section and click the Open button. R1(config)# username cisco privilege 15 password cisco123


R1(config)# ip ssh authentication-retries 2 % Generating 1024 bit RSA keys, keys will be non-exportable. R1(config)#crypto key generate rsa general-keys modulus 1024 To enable SSH after running the router, open the CLI prompt and perform the following commands in order. Click Start / Resume all nodes to run the router. Type an IP block for VMnet3 in the virtual editor, select Host-Only and click OK.Ĭonfigure the virtual machine’s network adapter setting to Custom (VMnet3).Ĭonfigure the virtual machine’s network adapter setting to Custom (VMnet3). Now open the GNS3 program and type a name for the new project.ĭrag and drop the previously added Router into the workspace.Īdd a Switch and Host to the workspace and wire the network devices.Īfter creating a small network topology, open the Virtual Network Editor of the VMware virtualization program and configure a VMnet for the virtual machine.Ĭreate a VMnet in the Virtual Network Editor program, and then assign the IP address to it from the network and share center settings on your Host as shown in the image below.
