Hardware reset on PIX 501

[tonelliv]

I am trying to configure a PIX 501 that I don't have the admin password for. How can I do a hardware reset of the box to take it back to its "out of the box" settings?

 

[tonelliv]

I found what I'm looking for:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/110/34.pdf

 

[tonelliv]

I feel like I'm talking to myself here.....

That .pdf was helpful to get the password recovered. How do I know what version of the PIX software I'm running? Does anyone have some directions in English? (LOL)

I wouldn't be opposed to just wiping out everything on this box (that I just inherited) and starting from scratch if it is easier.....I'm new to cisco products (but not new to firewalls)

 

[kfriend]

when you are logging in, do a >clear config
and you should be set to start from scratch.

MCSE/MCDBA
SANS GIAC + SANS FIREWALL

 

[tonelliv]

The .pdf I found sounds complicated to a novice like me. Is there a way to just reset the whole box to the default configuration (password included) without actually logging into it?

 

[yizhar]

HI.

> How do I know what version of the PIX software I'm running?
You will need to connect the serial console cable (colored blue in most cases) to COM1/COM2 on a PC, and run a terminal emulation program like hyperterm.
Then power-cycle the pix and follow the instructions in the PDF you have or here (same doc...):

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products...ducts_password_recovery09186a008009478b.shtml

If you have a specific problem, please describe what have you done and what you got.


Yizhar Hurwitz

http://come.to/yizhar

http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar

 

[thepilo]

You can get the version by connecting to it with hyperterminal, then reboot the firewall, and it states the version in the startup sequence.

 

[Hardwiredmn]

pixfirewall(config)# configure factory-default