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Posted by Randy on July 24, 2005, 12:21 pm
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disposal. :(
Thanks for the prompt reply
Randy Simmons
Uli Link wrote:
> Randy schrieb:
>
>> I recently started working at my wifes business and they have a
>> Aironet AP4800E V8.24 AP4800E_28cd5e and the old IT person left and
>> did not leave any passwords to any of the equipment. I have attached
>> a serial cable and can get onto the 4800 but am locked out. I have
>> scrounged Cisco for password recovery but to no avail. There are only
>> two options on the menu when I boot up 1 is Privilege and 2 is help.
>> When I select 1 then W it asks for a password which I don't have. I
>> have tried ctrl x and resetall both don't work. I did read somewhere
>> some units have to be sent to Cisco for the reset. I can't find any
>> info on Cisco relating directly to the AP4800E is the 340 and 350 the
>> same thing and have the same commands. The reason I ask is when I do
>> a search on Cisco's site for AP4800 it does sometimes point to the 340.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if I can access this unit without sending it to
>> Cisco? And if not how to reset it..
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> The official answer: there is no passwd recovery in the fw.
>
> But if you have another 4500 or 4800 AP and access to the other unit,
> then you can upgrade the other to 8.80 and then push the fw update to
> the unit without passwd, if the old admin hasn't turned fw update of.
> Perhaps the radio stops working with 8.80, but after recovering the
> passswd, you can downgrade the fw back and the radio will work again.
>
> Did this with a bunch of 3500 AP after pulling the radio, so they
> accepted the wrong firmware. All still working ;-)
>
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