problems with setting first username and password
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01-10-2015 04:46 PM - edited 03-05-2019 12:32 AM
I haven't used a cisco router in over 12 years, so I'm a bit rusty. I had to replace a nortel box for a small charter school here in Hawaii, so I decided to go with a cisco 1941 / K9 router. using a usb terminal connection I started up the router as directed in the PDF documentation for this box. It warned me that I must change the starting username and password (<cisco> and <cisco> respectively) with my own username and password. I wanted to change this to <cisco1> and a simple password. I thought I followed the directions, but I failed to reset the user name and password. As I was looking up online for help on how to set a new username and password, the terminal window timed-out and now I can't log in to the 1941 router at all.
How do I reset the router? Once I do how do I correctly setup username and password after I login once with cisco and cisco?
Any help would be appreciated.
I'm attaching a screen capture of the terminal window...
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01-10-2015 08:38 PM
How do I reset the router?
- Power OFF the router.
- If you look at the back (where the power button is) and to the lower left-hand corner, you'll observe two CF slots. Pop the cover open and eject the CF.
- Power up the router.
- Observe the console terminal and when you see "rommon1>" enter the command "confreg 2142".
- After the command has been accepted, insert the CF back and reboot the router.
- Your router should boot into factory default (Username & Password are "cisco") but the config-registry value is still 2102.
- Do the following:
- conf t
- config-registry 0x2102
- username BLAH password BLAH
- end
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01-21-2015 11:33 AM
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01-23-2015 04:56 PM
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
Sorry for the late response, I was down-and-out with flu.
So, when you are greeted with this message, enter the option "no" and you'll be be in factory default where the prompt is going to be "Router>". Go into enable mode using the command "enable" (the prompt will now be "Router#" and then continue with Step 7 above.
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01-21-2015 11:32 AM
Thank for your help

Aloha from Hawaii,
Thank you for the quick response. I'm setting up a new campus, so it took me a while to get back to my 1941/K9 problem. I followed the directions that you prescribed, but I ran into something different when I rebooted the router (after your step 5). Instead of getting a prompt where I could type in:
conf t
config-registry 0x2102
etc.
I got the following:
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
If I answer no, I get a router> prompt that will not accept the conf t
If I answer yes and proceed with the setup, I'm prompted to enter the initial configuration dialog every time I telnet in...
Any advice you can offer?