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Cisco 2600 router reset

JohnTylerPearce
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Level 7

Hey guys, I have a quick question for you. It's been a while since I have reset the password on a 2600. I understand

how to accomplish this, without any problems, but I was wondering about the configuration. If I reset the password

on a 2600 will is completely wipe out the configuration on the router? Let's say I have a router we will call BigBird

and BigBird has a password that no one knows, but it is funtioning and serving a purpose. If I reset the password

will it wipe out the total contents of NVRAM or just the part where the password is?

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Ionut.Hristea
Level 1
Level 1

Hi John,

doing the password recovery means restarting the router and modifying the config-register. After this the router/switch will boot with a default configuration, but the configuration you had is stored in startup-config. So you will just need to do a "copy start run".Also remember that the interfaces will be in admin shut down state so you will need to mannualy give them the no sh command.

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Ionut.Hristea
Level 1
Level 1

Hi John,

doing the password recovery means restarting the router and modifying the config-register. After this the router/switch will boot with a default configuration, but the configuration you had is stored in startup-config. So you will just need to do a "copy start run".Also remember that the interfaces will be in admin shut down state so you will need to mannualy give them the no sh command.

Thanks for the help. I was pretty sure unless you did a write erase the configuration would still be there.

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