Lost Password for a Pix 501

[Moonacres]

Hi I am new to all this so please bear with me. I have pickedup a pix 501 firewall for my small office at home. I am attempting to set it up however it asks me for a username and password(which I do not have). I have asked the individual who sold it to me if they had the password and username and was told that no they did not as they had lost it and could no longer access it to do any configuring. My question is this is there a way around this ie setting it to default settings or something, or am I screwed on this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[a.awan]

Try the procedure listed here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_password_recovery09186a008009478b.shtml#pix_without

[Moonacres]

Thanks,

Okay 2 questions, how do I know which software version I am running. Secondly, do I connect a lan cable to the console port on the back of the pix then to the nic card on the machine with the terminal software on it?

I have tried this with TN3270 plus and I am unable to get a connection.

I have no documentation or anything on this unit and really would like to get it working, so please bare with me as I work my way through this.

Thanks,

[Patrick Iseli]

1.) Connect your PC with a serial port on the console, using VT100 9600/8/N/1, using for example Hyper terminal of Windows XX.

2.) Once connected type:

show version

This will show you the current version of your PIX Firewall.

3.) Download the PIX password recovery image from Cisco website, you just have to click on link in the documentation provided in the " Password Recovery and AAA Configuration Recovery Procedure for the PIX" or http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_password_recovery09186a008009478b.shtml

4.) Follow the instructions on the recovery documentation.

Immediately after you power on the PIX Firewall and the startup messages appear, send a BREAK character or press the ESC key. The monitor> prompt is displayed. If needed, type ? (question mark) to list the available commands.

Use the interface command to specify which interface the ping traffic should use. For floppiless PIXes with only two interfaces, the monitor command defaults to the inside interface.

Use the address command to specify the IP address of the PIX Firewall's interface.

Use the server command to specify the IP address of the remote TFTP server containing the PIX password recovery file.

Use the file command to specify the filename of the PIX password recovery file. For example, the 5.1 release uses a file named np51.bin.

If needed, enter the gateway command to specify the IP address of a router gateway through which the server is accessible.

If needed, use the ping command to verify accessibility. If this command fails, fix access to the server before continuing.

Use the tftp command to start the download.

As the password recovery file loads, the following message is displayed:

Do you wish to erase the passwords? [yn] y

Passwords have been erased.

etc etc

sincerely

Patrick