Jima was able to recover the password on the 1900's that I had. I'm sure he used the link James listed below. He's moving to a new home this weekend, so he may not be on line today. If all else fails, maybe this would be a good demonstration for the install fest? How to get a password from a Cisco switch/router/wigdit-thingy ;o) Sam. On Sun, 2004-03-28 at 09:22, James Kaufman wrote: > On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 07:31:17AM -0600, Brian wrote: > > Anyone here experience with Cisco Catalyst 2820 switches? I acquired one > > over the weekend and I'm having trouble finding good info. > > > > While my primary purpose is to use it as an unmanaged switch, I'd like to > > be able to use some of the enhanced features (such as VLAN) through the > > IOS software. The former owners of this switch screwed it down pretty > > good, so breaking in has been a challenge. Resetting the switch to > > factory default involves calling Cisco TAC from what I'm told. > > > > While it has a reset button, documentation is nonexistant on how to use > > it. I assume that there's some special combination (hold down, power on, > > release, insert foot into slot A, etc) but it seems that Cisco is tight > > lipped about how to use it. > > > > If anyone has some tips to offer, I'm all ears. Thanks! > > > > -Brian > > > > Wasn't Cisco web page, > www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps574/products_password_recovery09186a00800a6c79.shtml > helpful? _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list