How to reset Cisco Router Password
January 3rd, 2012
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There are occasions that we forget the router password or sometimes wanted to take out our old cisco router for some lab purposes. But what if it asks for password which we dont know? or we forget ? Here are the steps to recover a cisco router password.
Step-1 : First witch off the router and then switch it on after 10 seconds , within the first few seonds of booting press the CTRL+Break Keys, The router will enter the ROM Monitor mode with the following prompt.
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Step-2: In the ROM Monitor mode change the configuration Register to 0×2142 to ignore the Startup Config file upon booting
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