There are the 3 banner commands: motd, login and exec. motd is displayed upon arriving at the router, login when prompted for login, and exec when arriving at the exec prompt. Pretty self explanatory.
Commands to enter the banners are
i) banner motd
ii) banner login
iii) banner exec
The message is then delimited by the control character of your choice.
However did you know there are a few dynamic messages or 'tokens' that can be added to the message!
$(hostname) Displays the host name for the router.
$(domain) Displays the domain name for the router.
$(line) Displays the vty or tty (asynchronous) line number.
$(line-desc) Displays the description attached to the line.
By way of an example
Router_1(config)#banner login @
Enter TEXT message. End with the character '@'.
you are on router $(hostname)
@
So telnetting onto the router, the output is as follows :
Router_1>1.1.1.1
Trying 1.1.1.1 ... Open
you are on router Router_1
User Access Verification
Password:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
How do you set the line description, so as to use $(line-desc), on a VTY line? Cheers.
Thanks for the question. I tried using the location command under the line vty, and this seems to do the trick.
E.G.
line vty 0 4
location ON_R3
Regards
Rich
Thanks! Nice blog by the way, some good stuff here.
Post a Comment