[rescue] SRW2008 factory reset?

[Henry Bent]

On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 at 11:58, Mouse via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:

> I've got a Linksys SRW2008, which is an 8-port managed switch, now long
> discontinued by Links^WCisco.  (It's old enough the front panel calls
> out gigabit support as a significant feature.)
>
> It seems to boot OK.  But I haven't found a username/password that
> works.  What I've managed to find says that the default username is
> admin; different sources disagree on whether the password is
> zero-length or also admin.  Neither one works.
>
> I've found indications that the answer is to factory-reset it.  But
> I've been unable to find out how; all the ways to factory-reset it that
> I've found involve logging in first.  Anyone happen to know the magic
> incantation?  I have trouble believing that it was designed with the
> answer to "how do I recover from a lost admin password?" being "send it
> back to us".
>

>From the manual it appears that you can do a factory reset by interrupting
auto-boot (enter at startup) via the serial console.  This matches my
memory of resetting an SRW2024, which is very similar.

-Henry
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