iDirect upgrade howto

I run into this a couple of days ago. I had to upgrade a idirect router (upload a new options file), but i did not had the password for iSite anymore. Here’s how i did it:

1. Reload the idirect router.
2. Connect to the router with a cisco console cable
3. Login with username root and password iDirect (defaults)
4. ps ax ; and kill all the falcon processes.
5. # cd /etc/idirect/falcon/
# ls

falcon.opt falcon.opt.old

#
6. # mv falcon.opt falcon.opt.old
7. set your computer’s ip address to be whatever the router connected to the idirect
modem/router was.
8. start a webserver on your computer
9. on falcon router : wget http://your-computers-ip-address/name-of-new-conf-file.opt
10.reload falcon router

that’s it. Too simple, but worth writing for the future.