authentication password (PPP/MLP over T1)

This command sets the password to be used by this PPP/MLP serial interface during the authentication phase of the PPP negotiation.

Syntax

authentication password <password>

Command	Description
<password>	Defines the password string

Default

By default, password is set to ‘password’.

Command Mode

Privileged User

Example

This example sets the password on the MLP serial interface 0/1:

(conf-if-serial-mlp 0/1)# authentication password qwerty