[rescue] SRW2008 factory reset?

[Lionel Peterson]

My Google-fu turned up a note about the web interface only working with IE, maybe that's an issue?

Many Netgear devices have pinholes that expose switches inside the unit you depress with a paper clip on power up to reset, does this unit have an unlabeled hole on the case?

Have you opened the unit up to look for a jumper on the circuit board to possibly reset/wipe a configuration?

Have you seen this:

 https://archive.org/details/manuallib-id-2494428/page/58/mode/1up

Appendix B describes how to access a startup menu that includes a password reset function on page 58 of the 77 page PDF. This is different than the console menu described on page 9 of the above PDF.

Hope this helps,

Ken

> On Jun 2, 2024, at 10:58, 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".
> 
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