To recover your password, follow these steps:
1. Attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation to the console port of the router. Use these terminal settings:
9600 baud rate
No parity
8 data bits
1 stop bit
No flow control
2. Use the power switch to turn off the router, and then turn it back on.
3. Press Break on the terminal keyboard within 60 seconds of the power-up to put the router into ROMMON.
4. Type confreg 0x2142 at the rommon 1> prompt to boot from Flash without loading the configuration.
5. Type reset at the rommon 2> prompt.
6. The router reboots, but ignores its saved configuration.
7. Type no after each setup question, or press Ctrl-C to skip the initial setup procedure.
8. Type enable at the Router> prompt.
9. You are taken to the enable mode, and the Router# prompt appears. Important: Type configure memory or copy startup-config running-config to copy the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) into memory."Do not type configure terminal."
10. Type write terminal or show running-config .
11. The show running-config and write terminal commands show the configuration of the router. In this configuration you see under all the interfaces the shutdown command, which means all interfaces are currently shutdown.
Also, you can see the passwords (enable password, enable secret, vty, console passwords, and so on), either in encrypted or unencrypted format.
The unencrypted passwords can be re-used, the encrypted ones will have to be changed with new passwords.
12. Type configure terminal and make the changes.
13. The prompt is now hostname(config)#.For example, type enable secretto change the enable secret password.
14. Issue the no shutdown command on every interface that is used.
show ip interface brief
configure terminal
interface FastEthernet0/0
no shutdown(repeat for other interface cards)
15. copy running-config startup-config16. config-register 0x2102
show version
Go to the bottom of the output
Configuration register is 0x2142 (will be 0x2102 at next reload)
17. Restart the router
Tips:To change the password use the following commands
For console
line console 0
login (Tells the IOS that a password prompt is desired at the consolepassword love)
For auxially port
line aux 0
loginpassword love
For Telnetline
vty 0 4
login
password love
1. Attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation to the console port of the router. Use these terminal settings:
9600 baud rate
No parity
8 data bits
1 stop bit
No flow control
2. Use the power switch to turn off the router, and then turn it back on.
3. Press Break on the terminal keyboard within 60 seconds of the power-up to put the router into ROMMON.
4. Type confreg 0x2142 at the rommon 1> prompt to boot from Flash without loading the configuration.
5. Type reset at the rommon 2> prompt.
6. The router reboots, but ignores its saved configuration.
7. Type no after each setup question, or press Ctrl-C to skip the initial setup procedure.
8. Type enable at the Router> prompt.
9. You are taken to the enable mode, and the Router# prompt appears. Important: Type configure memory or copy startup-config running-config to copy the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) into memory."Do not type configure terminal."
10. Type write terminal or show running-config .
11. The show running-config and write terminal commands show the configuration of the router. In this configuration you see under all the interfaces the shutdown command, which means all interfaces are currently shutdown.
Also, you can see the passwords (enable password, enable secret, vty, console passwords, and so on), either in encrypted or unencrypted format.
The unencrypted passwords can be re-used, the encrypted ones will have to be changed with new passwords.
12. Type configure terminal and make the changes.
13. The prompt is now hostname(config)#.For example, type enable secret
14. Issue the no shutdown command on every interface that is used.
show ip interface brief
configure terminal
interface FastEthernet0/0
no shutdown(repeat for other interface cards)
15. copy running-config startup-config16. config-register 0x2102
show version
Go to the bottom of the output
Configuration register is 0x2142 (will be 0x2102 at next reload)
17. Restart the router
Tips:To change the password use the following commands
For console
line console 0
login (Tells the IOS that a password prompt is desired at the consolepassword love)
For auxially port
line aux 0
loginpassword love
For Telnetline
vty 0 4
login
password love
