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On 21/08/13 22:07, Mark Evans wrote: > On 21/08/13 21:29, Daniel Robinson wrote: > > > http://www.southwell-online.co.uk/minstersales/htmsamples/Electrical%20-%20cisco%20800%20router.htm > > It's > > an ADSL router with a built in 4 port switch. The documentation > is available on the CISCO website. The pale blue "console" port is > RS232 serial. (There might even be the right lead with the unit.) > You'll need a working serial connection to perform a "factory reset". Yeah, they make you look for it though... Someone (with a very funny blog name) has written a nice simple howto on the factory reset that will be miles better than any official Cisco docs here: http://ontheroadtoyourass.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/cisco-837-full-reset-to-factory-settings/ Sadly you can't just hold down a button for 10 seconds and restart, like you can on most things (which on the other hand in light of "bad guy with physical access" conversations may actually be a good point?). Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq