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resseting cisco 2801

ahimelech1
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Level 1

I STARTED A NEW JOB LAST WEEK AND THE ROUTER WE HAVE IS A CISCO 2801 AND SEEMS TO BE THAT THAT I DID NOT CHANGED ALL THE PASSWORDS FOR THIS DEVICE AND I THINK THE LAST NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR REMOTELY CONNECTED TO THE ROUTER BEING THAT I AM THE ONLY PERSON ALLOWED TO ENTER SERVER ROOM AND NOW I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE ROUTER,AND OUR WEBSITE IS DOWN INCLUDING LAN AND THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IS PING ONE OF THE ADRESSES AND TELNET ROUTER AND PASSWORD HAS BEEN CHANGED I'VE TRIED TO LOGIN USING SDM CONNECTING TO SWITCH PORT,CONNECTING TO 0-0 AND 0-1 WITH A CROSSOVER RJ-45 AND ALSO TRIED THE CONSOLE IS THERE ANYWAY I COULD HARD RESET THIS ROUTER., PLEASE IF SOMEONE HAS AN ANSWER I WILL APRECIATED BECAUSE I WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION ASAP

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vijayasankar
Level 4
Level 4

Hi,

The only thing that you can do now is to recover the access back to the router by breaking the password and setting a new one.

Follow the procedures carefully as stated in the following url to reset the password.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps259/products_password_recovery09186a0080094675.shtml

HTH

-VJ

ahimelech1
Level 1
Level 1

THANX FOR THE INFO

Hi,

Please rate the posts, if it was helpful to you in anyway.

-VJ

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