Locked out of switch

Feb 25, 2008 3 Replies

Due to the problem I had on my switches (2950s) recently I decided to wipe them both & start afresh, this worked fine with SWITCH1, but unfortunately after initially configuring SWITCH2 I somehow have locked myself out of both the console login & the vty login. At both prompts I am asked for a username, but whatever I type in I get the message:



% Login invalid



I am sure I set everything up as previously, but even allowing for spelling mistakes and capitals I have tried every possible combination to no avail. Could I have set up to prompt for a username & not set one? Either way, does anyone know how I can reset the switch without access to exec mode?



Any suggestions greatly received, TIA, Jason


Jason wrote in news:Xns9A4FCCC668F44SpamSpamSpamSpanishI@140.99.99.130:

Apologies, I found the reset procedure on Cisco's web site.

You may have found the reset procedure but if you don't know the cause you might get locked out again.

Enabling "aaa new-model"

Will automatically start asking for username and password. If none is configured and no authentication method is configured then you will get locked out.

Yandy Ramirez wrote in news:C3E8B105.96FB% snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com:

Thanks Yandy.

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