Router telnet question

I know that by default, a router has its vty ports disabled, until telnet password is set on the ports. I just did that on one router. But I was still denied by a second password that was not set up when I enter ‘enable’. What password is that? Is it also required for a telnet session?

==The following is copied from TeraTerm==

R3>ena
R3#telnet 192.168.4.2
Trying 192.168.4.2 ... Open

R2>ena
% No password set
R2>
R2>

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mdomino

Looks like you don't have an enable secret password set for the router you are telnetting into. You won't be able to remotely access privileged exec mode without setting a password first.

Ltat42a

^^ I concur. You need to configure the enable or enable secret password to get to privileged exec mode.

pamccabe

mdomino wrote: »

Looks like you don't have an enable secret password set for the router you are telnetting into. You won't be able to remotely access privileged exec mode without setting a password first.

mdomino has it right. You need that enable secret password set to establish both telnet and ssh connections.

workfrom925

Thanks all.