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Cisco Router Password Recovery

This document describes recovering the password on a Cisco router by booting into ROMMON mode. It shows accessing ROMMON, changing the configuration register to boot from ROMMON, and then configuring new passwords and reloading the router.

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Cisco Router Password Recovery

This document describes recovering the password on a Cisco router by booting into ROMMON mode. It shows accessing ROMMON, changing the configuration register to boot from ROMMON, and then configuring new passwords and reloading the router.

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CISCO ROUTER PASSWORD RECOVERY

EXAMPLE SCENARIO

R1 con0 is now available

Press RETURN to get started.

User Access Verification

Password: *****
Password: ********
Password: ***
% Bad passwords

System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)


Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
PC = 0xfff0a530, Vector = 0x500, SP = 0x680127c8
C2600 platform with 65536 Kbytes of main memory

program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0xf54134


PC = 0xfff0a530, Vector = 0x500, SP = 0x83fffe68

<ctrl + Break>

monitor: command "boot" aborted due to user interrupt


rommon 1 >

rommon 1 > confreg 0x2142


You must reset or power cycle for new config to take effect
rommon 2 > reset

System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)


Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 65536 Kbytes of main memory
program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0xf54134
Self decompressing the image : ##
<output omitted>
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no
Press RETURN to get started!
Router>
Router> enable
Router# copy startup-config running-config
Destination filename [running-config]? (hit enter)
Building configuration...
[OK]
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# enable password cisco
Router(config)# enable secret enter
Router(config)# line console 0
Router(config-line)# password hello
Router(config)# username admin privilege 15 secret enternow

Router(config)# config-register 0x2102


Router(config)# exit
Router# copy running-config startup-config
Destination filename [startup-config]? (hit enter)
Building configuration...
[OK]
Router# reload

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