You'd need the password first off and second it would restore the logins
contained it.

Mtpaaswd I believe is the tool

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On Nov 8, 2016 7:25 PM, "Brett A Mansfield" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I was able to find the backups. Sadly they are running v6.36.
>
> If I default it can I restore its config and change the password or will
> it apply the old one?
>
> Thank you,
> Brett A Mansfield
>
> On Nov 8, 2016, at 5:17 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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
>>
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>> -----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
>>
>
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