set default 3Com X5

[hendramit]

Hi,,

I've lost my username & password for 3Com X5 to login, how i do to resseting the 3Com x5 to factory default?

thanks

[hammer5]

Did you ever figure out how to reset the password?

[chrisuk]

Try this...it requires physical access to the unit.





- Make a console connection to the x5/x506


- Power on the unit. Let it show CPU, memory etc.


- When the screen shows "Loading" (before the dots appear) - quickly type "mkey" (no quotes) - and press enter





You can then add a new Super Admin account





Note, you have a very small window in which you can actually type mkey...so don't sweat if it doesn't work on the first attempt.





I only tested this on an X5 though, on TOS version TOS Version     : X3.1.0.2098





If it works, you should see this right after typing Mkey once the 'loading' status appears (takes a few minutes, goes through CPU, memory, etc etc.:





Loading





There are three security levels for specifying user names and passwords:





  Level 0: User names and passwords are unrestricted.


  Level 1: Names must be at least 6 characters long; passwords at least 8.


  Level 2: In addition to level 1 restrictions, passwords must contain:


             - at least 2 alpha characters


             - at least 1 numeric character


             - at least 1 non-alphanumeric character





Please specify a security level to be used for initial super-user name


and password creation.  As super-user, you can modify the security level


later on via Command Line Interface (CLI) or Local Security Manager (LSM).





Security level :





---------------





You can continue from there.





Note: I do not know if this has an adverse affect on config. Mine was OK, but I was factory resetting it afterwards...so be careful.

[hammer5]

Thank you for the info.  That worked like a charm

[jorgeagh]

Hi Hammer

do you know how to factory reset X5 firewall?

Thanks