Cisco Router Password Reset..

hi friends..

This time i will focus on Cisco Routers as am very much interested in Routing & Switching..

1) AM NOT GONAA EXPLAIN WHT IS ROUTER....tats wht u should knw...if u dnt thn u can go out and read wht it is!

Here i wil let u knw wht to do ..if u as an administrator ..forgot ur CONSOLE password or Virtual Terminal Password ..ok???

a) you should knw wht is CONSOLE password , you should knw Virtual Terminal password then this article is for u..

fine i gues its enough..now if u wannn get rid of any CISCO router password thn follow the steps :

1) Router asking u for password




2) Now you need to switch off the router and switch on...
3) Router wil boot like this :




















4) now press break key sequence generally its ctrl+break but if ur using some Different IBM Compatible pc's then u need to refer this :

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps133/products_tech_note09186a0080174a34.shtml

5) Now u will get

rommon 1 prompt

like this :


Self decompressing the image :
#############
monitor: command "boot" aborted due to user interrupt
rommon 1 >
rommon 1 >

6)Now u should use "confreg" command without quotes as like follows :

7) rommon 1 > confref 0x2142

8) rommon 2 > reset

9) Thats it! You just INstalled default configurations..n ur password for Cisco router Pissed off!

10) Now you can Enter into Cisco router and configure whtever u wann...

Basically this procedure is used whn password is forgotten..but malicious hackers can use this procedures
Thy r not Listen to u admins! ahaha

nyways...tats interesting procedure if u hv any queries then feel free to mail me..

Hope u enjoyed this!

Happy Hacking!

Have a pleasant Stay!!!