Ubiquiti BulletM2 lost password

[bowsprit]

The "keepalive" lines come in too fast, I don't get the time to even type 6 characters. How do i slow this down?

[ispyisail]

Now that you have serial connection you can go back and try the official reflash method. You can see what's going on now

[ispyisail]

Also you could try and reboot the router and watch the log screen closely. Sometimes the give you the option to stop the boot.

[bowsprit]

I managed to change the PW.
Now I have full access.
I learned a lot over the last couple of days.

Many Many thanks to ispyisail & Lantis & top_s for your time, courtesy, patience and passed-on experience.
A happy and prosperous New Year wishes to you all from new zealand.

[ispyisail]

Do you mind telling us what the problem was?

The serial cable lets you see whats going on.

[bowsprit]

The problem was that i purchased a "new' bullet m2 online.
But it turned out that it was "slightly" used and someone removed the original AirOs and replaced it with the Gargoyle version.The gargoyle version was password locked.
I emailed the seller, but "he" is out of the office, according to eBay.
I did get a answer from him eventually, telling me " so sorry, but i don't know the password" .
I let it slide, as returning goods to Europe is a waste of money and time.
So I came to your forum for an answer. That's it in short.

[ispyisail]

I suspect he tried and failed to install Gargoyle.

decided to flick it off on ebay?


The question I want to known is why where you have problems re-flashing?

[bowsprit]

The failsafe reset : I could not get it to work. I tried many times(at one stage I was ready to just dump the Bullet), and followed the instructions to the letter, yet i failed each time. Maybe it does not work with Ubiquiti, OR the previous owner screwed around with it OR it was my fault.
Than you suggested the Serial method , that worked a charm

[Lantis]

Serial is certainly the difficult and advanced way to the same outcome, so well done for sticking with it and getting it done.
Happy new year

[top_s]

Nice! Good job!

The way you changed the password was with the passwd command?

Hope you stick to gargoyle, despite the rough start.

Happy new year everyone.