is there a way to do a usb bootdisk on these to offload the configuration and poke at the file?
On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Dennis Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > If it's a older binary backup, it was not encrypted very well and you can > break that in a matter of seconds, I think there was a website that you can > do that on at one point in time. However, the newer RoS versions fixed > that and made it more secure. Otherwise, a reset (such as a netinstall) > will reset the configuration as well. :( Sometimes you may have to have a > backup plan in place, and build what you can to get it going and the > customers after a reset. > > > Dennis Burgess - Network Solution Engineer - Consultant > MikroTik Certified Trainer/Consultant - MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, MTCINE > > For Wireless Hardware/Routers visit www.linktechs.net > Radio Frequiency Coverages: www.towercoverage.com > Office: 314-735-0270 > E-Mail: [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brett A Mansfield > Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 4:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Password reset for inherited network > > Hello everyone, > > I recently inherited a network that has a dozen Mikrotik CCRs. They are > both the 1009 and 1036 models. The documentation we received is inaccurate > and the network is very complex. We're talking more than 1000 VLANs, ever > router has a redundant router and ISP, bonds and bridges all over the > place, sites all across the westerns states, etc. > > Sadly, due to its complexity I cannot reset the routers and just > reconfigure. It appears the admin that was fired changed the ports and > passwords to be able to access this equipment. > > Is there a way to reset the management settings (passwords, ports, etc) > without completely defaulting the router? I have physical access to all of > them. I've been reading up a lot on google and I'm not finding much help > there. > > I appreciate any help anyone can offer for free. > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
