ar483

[pc_evans]

There is no reason to believe a local user account has been created on R2.

there is no password command in global config.  there is enable password and password under line config.  Still no reference to a local user account on the device.

All configs lead toward a telnet session using the password under the vty lines with enable secret to enter privileged mode.

login local will not work without a user account on the device.

vty has 3 options
no login <-- gives access without authentication
login <-- uses vty password for authentication
login local <-- prompts for a username and password

the only way to get connection refused is by

line vty 0 4
trans in none

or

line vty 0 4
no exec