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Hi,<br />
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I have a Cisco 1811W router and I would like to set it to factory defaults so I can access it. &nbsp;I don't the ip and I don't have any of the enable username/password. &nbsp;When I connect to the console port and restart the router, it asks me for the username and password which of course, I don't have. <br />
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How can I factory default this unit without having the enable privileges?<br />
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Thanks.
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Hi,

I have a Cisco 1811W router and I would like to set it to factory defaults so I can access it.  I don't the ip and I don't have any of the enable username/password.  When I connect to the console port and restart the router, it asks me for the username and password which of course, I don't have. 

How can I factory default this unit without having the enable privileges?

Thanks.

reset Cisco 1811W to factory defaults without knowing the enable password

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.