Cisco 1503 - Manual (Page 5)

Using Your Hub Software 3-5
Forgot Your Password?
The field can contain from 0 to 80 uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric
characters. Spaces are not allowed. The first character cannot be a number. Passwords are
case sensitive.
An example of a valid password is
mypassword1
.
Forgot Your Password?
If you forget the password that provides access to administrator-level commands or if you
forget the password required for Telnet sessions, you can bypass the password requirement
and set a new password. You must be connected to the hub through the CONSOLE port to
perform these steps.
Take the following steps:
Step 1 Turn the hub OFF, and wait 60 seconds before going to Step 2.
Step 2 Turn the hub ON, and wait while the following messages are displayed on the
terminal:
Starting the system...
Boot option : bootp get ip
Enter BOOTP phase, wait or press Ctrl-C to break...
.....
Bootup Error: Timeout, no response from BOOTP server.
Press RETURN to start a new session
Step 3 Press Ctrl-C.
Step 4 When the following prompt appears, enter a new administrator password:
New administrator password: <new_password>
Step 5 When the following prompt appears, re-enter the new password:
Confirm administrator password: <new_password>
Step 6 You are then prompted to enter and confirm a new Telnet session password, as
follows:
New telnet-session password: <new_telnet-session_password>
Confirm telnet-session password: <new_telnet-session_password>