Cisco Factory Reset Password Recovery

If you need to do a "factory reset" on one of these you can.


Connect to the console using serial cable.
Switch on while hitting CTRL-BREAK

(on laptop hit FN-CTRL-BREAK)

 

Tricky, may take a few attempts - need to be hitting it really early on in the boot process.
Get rommon>

 

confreg 0x2142

 

OR

1. >confreg, >yes, >no to everything except "ignore system config info".

2. >reset

It will then reboot from an alternate configuration file, and you're in! Now however, to clear the existing setup and revert the router to a good state.

1. Router>enable
2. Router#conf t
3. Router(config)config-register 0x2102
4. Router(config)exit
5. Router>write memory
6. Router>reload

Useful guide:

• http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=9328
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps5187/products_tech_note09186a00802017a1.shtml

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