03-15-2007 06:16 PM - edited 03-03-2019 04:11 PM
I bought a 1841 Router on e-bay.
Apparently, it has been configured with "no service password-recovery". The console shows: PASSWORD RECOVERY FUNCTIONALITY IS DISABLED, and it does not respond to Ctrl-Break during boot. AFAIK, this router does not have a removable NVRAM chip - so this method of reset is excluded. Is my only option to RMA it?
TIA, /Luis
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11-29-2009 08:27 AM
Yahooo!!!
I put the following image on the compact flash
c1841-advipservicesk9-mz.124-20.T.bin
I then power cycled the router and entered the break sequence after the image had decompressed #####[ok] ( I also pressed it a couple of times a few seconds after.
System Bootstrap, Version 12.4(13r)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 2006 by cisco Systems, Inc.
PLD version 0x10
GIO ASIC version 0x127
c1841 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory
Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled
Readonly ROMMON initialized
PASSWORD RECOVERY FUNCTIONALITY IS DISABLED
program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xcb80
program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xcb80
program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0x235aa60
Self decompressing the image : #################################################
################################################################################
####################################################### [OK]
Smart Init is enabled
smart init is sizing iomem
ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE
0X003AA110 public buffer pools
0X00211000 public particle pools
0X00020000 Crypto module pools
0X000021B8 Onboard USB
If any of the above Memory Requirements are
"UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported
configuration or there is a software problem and
system operation may be compromised.
Allocating additional 2785644 bytes to IO Memory.
PMem allocated: 122683392 bytes; IOMem allocated: 11534336 bytes
Restricted Rights Legend
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subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
(c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.
cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706
Cisco IOS Software, 1841 Software (C1841-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.4(20)T,
RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2008 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 10-Jul-08 20:28 by prod_rel_team
PASSWORD RECOVERY IS DISABLED.
Do you want to reset the router to factory default
configuration and proceed [y/n] ?
Reset router configuration to factory default.
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