From: ccie2be (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Oct 02 2004 - 07:37:13 GMT-3
The vtp password is always encrypted with MD5. Unlike some things such as
OSPF, you don't have a choice between cleartext & encrypted.
To make sure the passwords are the same on both switches, do a show vtp
status. In the output, make sure the hex code for each password is the
same.
HTH, Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oliver Grenham" <ogrenham@optusnet.com.au>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 12:54 AM
Subject: MD5 password for VTP
> Hi Group,
>
> if a lab requirement states that the VTP password should be encrypted with
> MD5, is there anything special to configure? I have seen two scenarios
where
> one requested an ASCII password and the other requested an MD5 password
but I
> dont see where the differences can be configured. Even the doc CD does not
say
> anything about changing the password type and I dont believe changing the
VTP
> mode makes any difference. (or does it?)
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Ollie.
>
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