topic Re: Cannot reset 5505 to factory default in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699722#M558113 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>after performing these 2 steps</P><P>clear config all</P><P>wr mem</P><P>now i have lost access to my asa. the asa has been previously configured as dhcp server for inside interface. now its not issuing an ip address to my pc. i have tried pinging it and tried connecting via asdm and it doesnt seem to respond. it tried setting my pc to be in the 192.168.1.0&nbsp; range and it doesnt respond. any suggestions</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:32:16 GMT ccnpwannabe 2011-04-11T10:32:16Z Cannot reset 5505 to factory default https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699720#M558105 <P>Hi i have a new 5505 and i have done a few configurations on it. When i try to reset it to the factory settings via asdm i get an error saying it could not be done. I have used config-factory-default using the cli option available in the asdm. I am using asa 8.2 and asdm 6.2. Will erasing the flash reset to factory defaults. </P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:19:32 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699720#M558105 ccnpwannabe 2019-03-11T20:19:32Z Re: Cannot reset 5505 to factory default https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699721#M558111 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You can perform the following:</P><P></P><P>clear config all</P><P>wr mem</P><P></P><P>The above will clear all the running configuration back to default, and "wr mem" will save the cleared running config to memory.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:28:47 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699721#M558111 Jennifer Halim 2011-04-11T09:28:47Z Re: Cannot reset 5505 to factory default https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699722#M558113 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>after performing these 2 steps</P><P>clear config all</P><P>wr mem</P><P>now i have lost access to my asa. the asa has been previously configured as dhcp server for inside interface. now its not issuing an ip address to my pc. i have tried pinging it and tried connecting via asdm and it doesnt seem to respond. it tried setting my pc to be in the 192.168.1.0&nbsp; range and it doesnt respond. any suggestions</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:32:16 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699722#M558113 ccnpwannabe 2011-04-11T10:32:16Z Re: Cannot reset 5505 to factory default https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699723#M558118 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, that will clear all the config and set it with no configuration.</P><P></P><P>Please console into the ASA and configure the inside interface IP Address as well as the DHCP server.</P><P></P><P>Here is the configuration for your reference:</P><P></P><P>interface vlan 1</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nameif inside</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ip address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0</P><P></P><P>dhcpd address 192.168.0.11-192.168.0.250 inside</P><P>dhcpd lease 3600</P><P>dhcpd enable inside</P><P></P><P>Also please ensure that you did "no shut" on the interface where you connect your PC to.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:04:09 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699723#M558118 Jennifer Halim 2011-04-11T23:04:09Z Re: Cannot reset 5505 to factory default https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699724#M558123 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>thank you for the info. this is what i realised after typing in the commands in a hurry.</P><P>i have ordered a usb to serial cable as my laptop doesnt have a serial input</P><P><SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="sad" __jive_macro_name="emoticon" class="jive_macro jive_emote" src="https://community.cisco.com/images/emoticons/sad.gif"></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:13:32 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/cannot-reset-5505-to-factory-default/m-p/1699724#M558123 ccnpwannabe 2011-04-12T12:13:32Z