Agreed. Password reset should be independent.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 7:03:53 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Password reset for inherited network It won't even let you restore the binary .backup if you don't have the password. I think you're pretty much SOL unless you can get some cooperation from the old guy(s). Maybe contact MikroTik support and beg for help? It really would be nice if MikroTik had some kind of password recovery/reset from the serial console at least. This is why I have all routers generate a binary .backup as well as a plain text /export. I never want to be caught in a situation where I don't have any config whatsoever for a router. On 11/8/2016 6:24 PM, Brett A Mansfield 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 < thatoneguyst...@gmail.com > wrote: <blockquote> 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 < dmburg...@linktechs.net > wrote: <blockquote> 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: dmburg...@linktechs.net -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto: af-boun...@afmug.com ] On Behalf Of Brett A Mansfield Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 4:31 PM To: af@afmug.com 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. </blockquote> </blockquote>
