7204 router RAIDUS issue

[Andrew Schulz]

I was attempting to setup our 7204 Cisco router to use RADIUS for authentication via the AAA commands. I must have messed up when configuring it as it comes up via TELNET asking for a username and password but doesn't take my AD credentials. How might I login to this router to fix the config? Do I need to do a password recover process?

One note, I didn't save the running-config to startup-config, so if I restart the router will it load the startup-config, thus overwriting the running-config that wasn't working?

[wzhang · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Yes a reload would help you recover from the lockout. That's rule #1 when configuring AAA - you don't write the config until you can verify AAA is working with and without connectivity to the AAA server.

Thanks,

Wen

[Andrew Schulz]

Thanks for confirming that Wen. I'll give it a restart.