This article assumes you have some basic networking knowledge. It also assumes that your Cisco router is configured to properly authenticate local user accounts.
How to add a user account for VPN client access
- Telent or SSH to the local ip address of your Cisco router and login with your admin username and password
- Type “config t” to put you in config mode
- Type “username test password test” (basically if you wanted to add the username then username password then password) and hit enter
- Type “exit” (this will get you out of config mode
- Type “wr” (this will save the running config)
- Type “exit” (this will exit the telnet or SSH session)
Example:
Router# config t
Router(config)# username test password test
Router(config)# exit
Router# wr
Router# exit
How to Remove a user account for VPN client access
- Telent or SSH to the local ip address of your Cisco router and login with your admin username and password
- Type “config t” to put you in config mode
- Type “no username test” (basically if you wanted to remove the username) and hit enter
- Type “exit” (this will get you out of config mode
- Type “wr” (this will save the running config)
- Type “exit” (this will exit the telnet or SSH session)
Example:
Router# config t
Router(config)# no username test password test
Router(config)# exit
Router# wr
Router# exit
To review the local user accounts:
- Type “show run” (the usernames will be listed in the configuration)
- Type “exit” (this will exit the telnet or SSH session)
Router# show run
Router# exit