Password Recovery Procedure – Tasman(Nortel)

Tasman network is now part of Nortel networks. This is a instructions to recovery Tasman router password. Manufacture login/password was tasman/tasmannet, but since Nortel took over the product, default login and password has been changed to admin/setup.
If you have any problem with below password recovery instruction, please contact Nortel tech support at 408-216-4700.

[Caution] The below password recovery procedure would be outdated or no longer valid. Use it own your risk.

The first thing you need to do is get to the [Boot Prompt]. You do
this by power cycling the unit and tapping the enter key repeatedly.
Once the [Boot Prompt] appears, paste the following into the terminal:

m 0xbc218ae6
7461
736d
616e
0000
.
m 0xbc218b0e
f3e0
f2ec
e0ed
ede4
f300
0000
.
@

 

This will set the username and password as follows and will reboot the box:

[old]
username: tasman
password: tasmannet

[new]
username: admin
password: setup

Note: You must be physically connected to the unit’s console port in order to get to the [Boot Prompt]


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