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Configuring remote access with secure shell (SSH)

Configuring remote access with secure shell (SSH)

From the course: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) v1.1 (200-301) Cert Prep

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Configuring remote access with secure shell (SSH)

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(calm electronic music) - [Narrator] As we're remotely connecting in to the command line interface of a Cisco router or switch, a couple of options we have for connecting are Telnet and SSH or Secure Shell, and we should probably stay away from Telnet because it is not secure, and instead use SSH. However, before we can use SSH, there is some configuration necessary and that's what we're going to go through in this video. Let's go into router R1. We'll go into global configuration mode, and I already have a host name of R1, but it is a requirement that we have a host name in order to set up SSH. So just for completion sake, I'm going to say my host name is R1. We also need to specify a domain name and you'll probably use whatever your domain name is in your organization. I'm going to say IP domain hyphen name is kwtrain.com. And now let's set up a user that's going to be logging in via SSH. And this is not a good choice of username password combinations for the real world, but for…

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