Password recovery on Cisco AP 1232

swoodyard · ‎04-10-2007

Hi all.

I have a Cisco 1232 AP at a remote location. It was configured by somebody no longer with the company and I have no passwords for it, no do I have a back up config.

It is using local authenticaiton.

Is there a way to do a password recovery without losing the current configuration?

scottmac · ‎04-10-2007

Check this out:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/products_password_recovery09186a00800949d0.shtml#resios

There is another similar post on this board for using a password cracker.

Here's a link to the thread:

http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&forum=Wireless%20-%20Mobility&topic=Getting%20Started%20with%20Wireless&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Dpass_through%26location%3Doutline%40%5E1%40%40.1dddb082/1#selected_message

Good Luck

Scott

swoodyard · ‎04-10-2007

Scott,

Thanks for the reply.

So I can't recover the login password without blowing away the config? :(

fredn · ‎04-10-2007

Not if it is at a remote location, you need to use the console port. From the console port, you can perform a password recovery documented at the following URL.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/102/wlan/pwrec-2.html

swoodyard · ‎04-10-2007

fredn-

Thanks for the help.

This looks like it actually erases the config currently on the AP right?

I just want to be able to set new passwords, as I don't have a spare copy of the config.

I will be on site with console access to the AP.

b.julin · ‎04-11-2007

The boot prom supports TFTP, so you should be able to tftp a copy of at least the non-private part of the config file to a server and reload it with the secrets changed after you wipe the AP.

Any private stuff like DSA keys or certs installed there may be lost, though.