Basic cisco configuration

Setup a password on Router/Switch privileged mode 

S1 > en
S1# conf t
S1 (config) # enable password password

ex :

S1 > en
S1# conf t
S1 (config) # enable password cisco

   Encrypting Passwords 

the password we create in the privilege mode still can be view in the #show run command

to hide this password use this command 

S1 > en
S1# conf t
S1 (config) # service password-encryption

Create banner motd (message of the day)

to create the banner info use this command 

S1 > en
S1# conf t
S1 (config) # banner motd ^ insert your text here ^

ex

S1 > en
S1# conf t
S1 (config) # banner motd ^

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