How to Recover/Break the Password in Cisco Switch/Router

You forget your user login password in Cisco Switch/Router don't worry friend today  we learn How to Recover/Break the Password in Cisco switch/router.

Step-by-Step Procedure

• Connect a rollover cable to the router console port (RJ-45 connector).
• Connect the other end of the rollover cable to the RJ-45 to DB-9 converter
• Attach the female DB-9 converter to a PC Serial Port.
• Open emulation software on the PC.
  

  
• Then what ever tool to use configure switches/routers open that( like putty, hyper terminal).
• Select Serial (Com) Port where Router is Connected.
• In Com Port Settings Click on Restore Defaults.

• Either switch off or shut down the router.
• Switch on the router and Once the press Ctrl+Break within 60 seconds to go into Router  ROMMON mode.
•  Type confreg 0x2142 at the rommon 1>
•  Type reset at the rommon 2> 

• Now reboot the router , but ignores the saved configuration.
• Type no after each setup question, or press Ctrl-C in order to skip the initial setup procedure.
• Now you go and login your cisco router with out  asking any password to move from user mode to privileged mode.

Few Hacking Software and Tools

Contains a following software:

- Cain and Abel (Sniffer)

- John the Ripper (Powerful brootforce)

- NetStumbler (Allows to define radius of action of network WiFi – in real time for the diagram it is possible to see size of a useful signal)

- Nmap (One of the best network scanner)

- Putty (A quite good telnet the client)

- SuperScan (Powerful scanner TCP of ports, pinger and hostname resolver)

- Hping (Allows to generate special ICMP/UDP/TCP packages and to look through answers ping a host in style of the usual utility ping)

- Lcp (Audit and restoration of passwords Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003)

- Nikto (Perl the scanner broken Web a server, with support SSL)

- Kismet (Sniffer a wireless network 802.11 and the decoder of packages)

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