Hi Everyone,
I'm very much a beginner with Cisco stuff, so go easy on me :-) I've taken a few courses, but haven't had to apply them in real work stuff (lack of cisco managed switches), so i'm re-learning. I am working as a consultant, and the client I am at has some switches, however the password that is on the config file is not working.
enable secret 5 (it's about 30 characters long)
enable password (PW Here)
I have both of these in the config file
In addition, I have the "line vty pwd".I was able to telnet in, so the line vty is OK, however when using the "enable" command, I type the "enable PW" and it won't take it, and I eventually get the % Bad Secrets. I don't know if I'm supposed to enter in that enable secret? I gave it a shot anyway, but it doesn't give me enough time to type it out, it eventually ends up timing out.
So, my guess is maybe the config I have is outdated and the password has changed since then? I can run the "show version" and it's using the same .bin file as the initial show -runningconfig file that was run a few years ago, but possible the pw has since changed? I've seen some ways online to reset, but I'd need to reboot the switch, and that's not really a favored option at this time by the client. I just want to make sure what I'm guessing is accurate so I know to move on to a different strategy. Thanks everyone!
