Router Password Recovery

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Boot field Ignore NVRAM contents Break disabled Console line speed Boot ROM if network fails Diagnostic and ignore NVRAM

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0x2142 : Ignore NVRAM contents 0x

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0x2102 : Boot system from flash 0x

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Cold boot the router Press CTRL-BREAK within 60 seconds Change configuration register:

o/r 0x2142 (>) C2600: confreg 0x2142 (rommon #>)

C2500:

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Initial the router: i or reset Do not use setup mode Access to privileged mode (Router> enable)

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Router# copy startup-config running-config This step is to reserve the configuration.

If you w an t to m ake rou ter con fi u rati to i facto ry d efau l ski s g on ts t, p this step and next step => go to step 9
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change enable password change configuration register to 0x2102 Router(config)# config-register 0x2102 This step is to make router load configuration from NVRAM in next reboot Router# copy running-config startup-config

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Plug out the switch Press and Hold the Mode button Plug in the switch Wait until the led light of port 1 turns off Release the Mode button

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The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash filesystem. The following commands will initialize the flash filesystem, and finish loading the operating system software: flash_init load_helper boot Switch:

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switch: flash_init Initializing Flash... flashfs[0]: 87 files, 5 directories flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 15998976 flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 14947328 flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 1051648 flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 20 seconds. ...done Initializing Flash. Boot Sector Filesystem (bs:) installed, fsid: 3 switch:

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switch: load_helper switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/ 2 3 4 5 6 drwx -rwx -rwx -rwx -rwx 128 <date> 7134015 <date> 10 <date> 314 <date> 400 <date> html c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-25.SEE2.bin env_vars system_env_vars config.text

1051648 bytes available (14947328 bytes used)

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switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old Switch: boot
Loading "flash:/c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.12225.SEE2.bin"...########################################## ###################################################### ##############################

.. .. Switch finishes booting

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Model revision number: D0 Motherboard revision number: A0 Model number: WS-C3550-24PWR-SMI System serial number: CAT0746X1A4
--- System Configuration Dialog --Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: n Switch> enable Switch#

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Switch# dir flash:
Directory of flash:/ 2 3 4 5 6 drwx -rwx -rwx -rwx -rwx 128 <date> 7134015 <date> 10 <date> 314 <date> 400 <date> html c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-25.SEE2.bin env_vars system_env_vars config.old

1051648 bytes available (14947328 bytes used)

Switch# rename flash:config.old flash:config.text

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Access configuration mode and change password

Switch# configure terminal Switch(config)# enable password cisco Switch(config)# exit Switch# copy run start

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