On Tue, 2011-04-26 at 12:56 -0500, Micah Miller wrote: > I have a rb750g that the password has been lost on. I know that there > is a .backup file on the router that has the known password. Does the > netinstall erase the .backup file?
Netinstall WILL erase the file if you elect NOT to save the current configuration. There was a thread a while back on the forums where Mikrotik indicated that this may be changing, but I don't think it has. I haven't tested recently. If you have a copy of the .backup with the lost password, you can recover THAT password with http://manio.skyboo.net/mikrotik/ -- ******************************************************************** * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * * NOTE MY NEW NUMBER: 702-537-0979 * ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
