From: Ricardo Ferreira (ricardo.ferreira@quadcomm.com.br)
Date: Mon Nov 15 2004 - 11:12:28 GMT-3
As far as password recover on 3Com switches as long as you have not disabled
password recovery the procedure outlined by John is excatly one that has
worked for me.
Otherwise I do not think the question is OT because it is common for
hands-on and real world working network engineers to have to handle other
products that do not come only from cisco.
Goog luck with your 3com....
----- Original Message -----
From: "john matijevic" <matijevi@bellsouth.net>
To: <AdebolaA@mtnnigeria.net>; <kim@skotte.org>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:29 AM
Subject: RE: OT: Password recovery on 3Com swicth
> Hello Adebola,
> Here is the procedure I found although I have never tested it:
>
>
> You forget the password for the "admin" user account and can no longer
> perform important management operations.
> Use the password recovery method outlined below to define a new
> password for the "admin" user account:
>
> Access the Command Line Interface through the console port and enter the
> user name "recover" and password "recover" to place the Switch in
> password recovery mode. The Switch remains in password recovery mode for
> a maximum of 30 seconds, before it returns to the CLI login prompt.
>
>
> Perform a hard reset on the Switch whilst it is in password recovery
> mode by switching it off, waiting a few seconds, and switching it on
> again.
>
> If the Switch has a Redundant Power Supply (RPS) connected, you will
> need to disconnect it in order to perform a hard reset.
>
> You cannot use a soft reset operation to reset the password of the
> "admin" user account. This will end the password recovery procedure and
> return you to the CLI login prompt.
>
>
> When the Switch has rebooted following the hard reset enter a new
> password for the "admin" user account.
>
>
> You are now logged in as the default "admin" user.
>
> CAUTION: If you disable Password Recovery for a Switch and subsequently
> forget the password for the "admin" user account, you will have to
> return the Switch to 3Com.
> Password recovery can be enabled or disabled at any time by accessing
> the CLI and using the security device user pwdRecover command.
>
> Password recovery cannot be performed via a SLIP (Serial Line Internet
> Protocol) connection.
>
> http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/switches/ss3/4900/dha1770-0aaa04/
> htm/support/problemsolving/cliproblems.htm
>
>
> John Matijevic, CCIE #13254, MCSE, CNE, CCEA
> CEO
> IgorTek Inc.
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> AdebolaA@mtnnigeria.net
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 6:08 AM
> To: kim@skotte.org
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: OT: Password recovery on 3Com swicth
>
> Not a topic on the lab. I am just stuck and needed help. Reason why I
> put it
> to realise it was not lab related. Obviously this forum is the best
> single
> congregation of network engineers in the world and I thought I must
> surely
> get someone here who works with these things.
>
> No misconception intended and sorry it came on a Cisco forum.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Skotte [mailto:kim@skotte.org]
> Sent: 15 November 2004 12:03
> To: Adebola Adegbonmire [ MTN - UBA ]
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: OT: Password recovery on 3Com swicth
>
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:41:14 +0100, AdebolaA@mtnnigeria.net:
>
>>Please can anyone help me out with doing a password recovery on a 3COM
>>switch?
>
> New topic on the lab, password recover on 3COM (:-))
>
>
> /skotte
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