password recovery on Cisco 851

[Sergey Sakharov]

Hi!

I'm new in a company, previous technician  forgot secret on Cisco 851, so i've tried to recover it today. I've  connected to serial with PuTTy, turned of router for 10 seconds, turned  on, then i pressed break for 20-30 seconds. I couldn't get to ROMMON.  I've tried Windows Hyppertrminal, i've tried Ctrl+break - nothing. Cisco  didn't receive my break command. Why was that?

Thanks

[tneusen]

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/800/850/software/configuration/guide/857sg_bk.pdf

you need to be connected to the console port.  Look at the url provided

[Sergey Sakharov]

sorry, my mistake, I've connected exactly to the console port

[Leo Laohoo]

I've tried Windows Hyppertrminal, i've tried Ctrl+break - nothing. Cisco  didn't receive my break command.

Standard Break Key Sequence Combinations During Password Recovery

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps133/products_tech_note09186a0080174a34.shtml?referring_site=bodynav