How to Restore Password of Hitachi ABB Tropos Mesh Routers

 

You need to provide Wireless Tech the MGT port MAC address and serial number of the mesh router node.

Hitachi ABB will provide temporary password together with the reset user strings like the one below.

password: 74d3af79430f3d8b

-----BEGIN TROPOS RESET USER-----
MIIBOQOCAQEAJQARo3r/NXME0FSli294Y5kD4Mt52/xzN26zNhJJsBfr7UCWDU/g
UmKu9B1WEvoCKfk++N2lXnN3W/mRaNvcfiy3BG6xRM/7xw4zpEDJLfv00y8uXHkt
v7hq21+2TFahjFwsTZzxIdawMaCdS3t2Ywdswg0FlXM4yb06eMHyocYiAkSYNwhP
6JDce6zi83E20J64SDgANNudsveSMAwYlfrgXahCJTL48xD4Nh2JmavVJDLtqaJ1
16TPaQQuUe/HUSf9g2A+1xTRY+C3Lp128U0lgK3svZPF52gMofQbEvw8P/lUQslz
1u/Fk53XMKpzUdAuZ5oqds3jantQQGZpbQIDA60iAgRDQpRuBBZzdXBwb3J0ICgx
MDAyLCAxMDAyKSwgBA9MaW51eCwgdG9rZW5tYW4=
-----END TROPOS RESET USER-----

Setup to password recovery:
Laptop -------wired-------(mgt port)Tropos Router


Launch a Putty terminal at the laptop
enter ip address 192.168.167.166
make sure connection type is SSH port 22 and Never Close window on exit is selected.



Login as: reset_password

enter temporary password 74d3af79430f3d8b

then enter the string reset password:

-----BEGIN TROPOS RESET USER-----
MIIBOQOCAQEAJQARo3r/NXME0FSli294Y5kD4Mt52/xzN26zNhJJsBfr7UCWDU/g
UmKu9B1WEvoCKfk++N2lXnN3W/mRaNvcfiy3BG6xRM/7xw4zpEDJLfv00y8uXHkt
v7hq21+2TFahjFwsTZzxIdawMaCdS3t2Ywdswg0FlXM4yb06eMHyocYiAkSYNwhP
6JDce6zi83E20J64SDgANNudsveSMAwYlfrgXahCJTL48xD4Nh2JmavVJDLtqaJ1
16TPaQQuUe/HUSf9g2A+1xTRY+C3Lp128U0lgK3svZPF52gMofQbEvw8P/lUQslz
1u/Fk53XMKpzUdAuZ5oqds3jantQQGZpbQIDA60iAgRDQpRuBBZzdXBwb3J0ICgx
MDAyLCAxMDAyKSwgBA9MaW51eCwgdG9rZW5tYW4=
-----END TROPOS RESET USER-----

After entering, you will see the recovery password. For example Fty34!3fh. Copy this on a notepad on a piece of paper so avoid loosing it.

Open a browser and go to https://192.168.167.166
enter username as admin and password as the recovery password Fty34!3fh

Once you are in, go to Software and Profiles->Restore Factory Default Profile to reset the router back to its default settings.

Default settings:
access the router through its management port via https://192.168.167.166
username: admin
password: tropos