KB 165

Restore original SWCP configuration on an Efficient router

Article:165
Created:2002-04-04 16:41:27
Categories:
  DSL

Question or Symptom

Us or customer has been mucking around on their Efficient router, messed it up, and want to restore the original config NOC put on the router.

Resolution

The process the SWCP NOC uses to configure an Efficeint router before it goes out for install, leaves a file on the router that is named with the OMS number of the circuit it was configured for. Executing that file will restore the configuration originally used by NOC. This does mean that any configuration changes since original configuration will be lost, so you want to look at the router for things like port forwarding, what its ethernet IP is (in case that has changed from original), etc.

This process will need to be done by serial connection rather than telnet.

Make a serial connection to the router and login. Use the command,

dir<return>
 

A list of files on the router will be displayed. Do look at this list and verify that a file exists with the name that is the OMS number for this circuit. IMPORTANT: Verify this before the next step.

IF that file exists, use the following commands, and replace "file name" with the actual name of the file, which will be the OMS number.

reboot factory<return>
execute "file name"<return>
 

The router's original SWCP config has now been restored.