Hello I have logged in via Telnet on a brand new 857w router with the cisco username (password: cisco) but I havent created another user account.
The cisco username is no longer valid as it has expired after one use. I need to reset my router back to default, so I can configure using SDM
How do I do this??
Console into the router, then power cycle it. As its rebooting hit the "break | pause" button on your keyvboard, and you get to the rommon1>
prompt.Then type rommon1>confreg 2142 rommon2>reset The router comes back on as if it were new---answer no to the first question, and sometimes it asks a second question (do you want to terminate autoinstall, or something...)---answer yes to the second question if it asks. Then hit enter and you get router>
in a few seconds. Then router>en router#copy start run create a new account: router#conf t router(config)#username bob priv 15 password bob set register back router(config)#confreg 0x2102 router(config)#exit router#wr router#reboot
and that should let you login with bob/bob
Flamer.
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