CISCO 1801 - Lost user

vistamar · 05-20-2009, 07:26 AM

Ok, we just got a nice new CISCO 1801 router. I was using the disk to load SDM but it appeared to be hanging. SO I logged directly onto the box using the generic cisco user and password to check what was on the flash. I thought I had then entered the command to create a new username and password. But is doesn't appear to have worked and I now can't access the router at all!!

Is it possibel to get it back to default settings or to force a new username / password?

I don't mind completely resetting the box as I have doen nothing else with it, if I only knew how to!!

**johnwill** · 05-20-2009, 01:36 PM

Did you contact Cisco? That would be my first stop.

vistamar · 05-21-2009, 02:06 AM

thanks, I found the answer here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/...80094773.shtml

**bilbus** · 05-21-2009, 02:35 PM

ya, via console cable is the easiest way.

05-20-2009, 07:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
vistamar Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	CISCO 1801 - Lost user Ok, we just got a nice new CISCO 1801 router. I was using the disk to load SDM but it appeared to be hanging. SO I logged directly onto the box using the generic cisco user and password to check what was on the flash. I thought I had then entered the command to create a new username and password. But is doesn't appear to have worked and I now can't access the router at all!! Is it possibel to get it back to default settings or to force a new username / password? I don't mind completely resetting the box as I have doen nothing else with it, if I only knew how to!!

05-20-2009, 01:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,748 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: CISCO 1801 - Lost user Did you contact Cisco? That would be my first stop. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

05-21-2009, 02:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
vistamar Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: CISCO 1801 - Lost user thanks, I found the answer here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/...80094773.shtml

05-21-2009, 02:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 949 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: CISCO 1801 - Lost user ya, via console cable is the easiest way.