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June 24, 2013 in Cisco 2900 routers, Cisco 2921 router, Cisco 2951 router, Password Recovery | 0 comments

Cisco 1900 Configuration

As one of the most popular Cisco router series, Cisco 2900 routers are welcomed by most small and middle businesses.
But sometimes, we always face the trouble of losing password result in problems of using the routers. Thus, here we list Cisco 1900 overviews
the detailed steps of recovering password for Cisco 2900 routers (taking Cisco 2921 router and Cisco 2951 router for Cisco 1921 routers
examples):
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1. Either switch off or shut down the router.

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2. Remove the compact flash that is on the rear of the router. This image shows the rear of the 2951 router & 2921
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3. Switch on the router. GLC-LH-SM

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4. Once the router is on Rommon mode, reinsert the compact flash.

5. Type confreg 0x2142 at the rommon 1> prompt in order to boot from Flash. Cisco 1900 Price & News

This step bypasses the startup configuration where the passwords are stored. Cisco 1900 Series

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6. Type reset at the rommon 2> prompt.
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The router reboots, but ignores the saved configuration.
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7. Type no after each setup question, or press Ctrl-C in order to skip the initial setup procedure.
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8. Type enable at the Router> prompt.

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You are in enable mode and should see the Router# prompt. Cisco ASR 1000 Series

9. Type configure memory or copy startup-config running-config in order to copy the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) into Cisco ASR 900 Series
memory.
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Warning: Do not enter copy running-config startup-config or write. These commands erase your startup configuration. Firewall Comparisons
10. Issue the show running-config command. X
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The show running-config command shows the configuration of the router. In this configuration, the shutdown command Switches comparisons
appears under all interfaces, which indicates all interfaces are currently shut down. In addition, the passwords (enable
password, enable secret, vty, and console passwords) are in either an encrypted or unencrypted format. You can reuse
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unencrypted passwords. You must change encrypted passwords to a new password.
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11. Type configure terminal.
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The hostname(config)# prompt appears. Switches Configuration

12. Type enable secret <password> in order to change the enable secret password. For example: Cisco Learning

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hostname(config)#enable secret cisco

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13. Issue the no shutdown command on every interface that you use.
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If you issue a show ip interface brief command, every interface that you want to use should display up up.
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14. Type config-register <configuration_register_setting>. EIGRP

Where <configuration_register_setting> is either the value you recorded in step 2 or 0x2102 . For example: IGRP

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hostname(config)#config-register 0x2102

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15. Press Ctrl-z or end in order to leave the configuration mode.
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The hostname# prompt appears.
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16. Type write memory or copy running-config startup-config in order to commit the changes.
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