Remember, passwords are nice until you forget them. I keep mine saved in a safe place for future retrieval and I make sure my customers have a copy as well. Now, keep that password in a nice safe place – in your head does not count. Reboot the router by typing reload at the enable prompt. Save the password so that it will be persistent during reboots, type copy run start When the router reboots it will load the old configuration with the new password. So kudos still needs option to mask password though, and also option to add password clue for those who should forget. I have not been getting the problems with the loophole/bypass workaround with the password anymore, like others had reported awhile back. Also, you should notice that your router name is now in the prompt instead of the default “Router”.Ĭhange the enable secret – “ enable secret new_password” The latest version 6.4 is much better now. Now, if you type a show run config, you’ll see the router configuration. This loads your startup configuration into memory. The good news is that it won’t be deleted either. In other words, your existing configuration won’t be loaded. This tells the router to bypass NVRAM during bootup. Reboot the router and press the Break key to interrupt the boot sequence.įor break key sequences, refer to this Cisco link: … On Linux, I use minicom and on FreeBSD/OpenBSD, I use cu (cu -s 9600 -l /dev/cuad0). Yes, putty can be used to make serial connections as well as telnet/ssh. On Windows, I use putty for this connection.
Now that your hardware is connected, establish a serial connection with the router.
#PORT LOCKER PASSWORD RECOVERY INSTALL#
If you do not have a serial port, then you’ll need to go purchase a USB-to-serial adapter cable and install it on your computer.
The other end of the cable should plug into the port labeled “ Console” on the back of the Cisco router. This means downtime, but it is a good sacrifice to make in order to get your passwords reset.įirst, hook up the DB9 end of the standard light blue serial cable to your serial port. In order to perform a password recovery, you will need to reboot the router a couple of times. Forgot your Cisco router password? Did you know you can change them without losing your configuration? In this brief how-to, I will walk you through it.
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